Dakshinkali
| Dakshinkali Nagarpalika दक्षिणकाली नगरपालिका Dakshinkali |
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| Coordinates | 27 ° 36 '19 " N , 85 ° 15' 45" E | ||
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| Country | Nepal | ||
| Bagmati | |||
| District | Kathmandu | ||
| ISO 3166-2 | NP-P3 | ||
| height | 1530 m | ||
| surface | 42.6 km² | ||
| Residents | 24,297 (2011) | ||
| density | 570.4 Ew. / km² | ||
| founding | 2nd December 2014 | ||
| 15 wards | |||
 Dakshinkali in 2009
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Dakshinkali or Daxinkali ( Nepali दक्षिणकाली ) is a city ( municipality ) in the Kathmandu Valley in Nepal and belongs to the Kathmandu metropolitan area . The place name means something like 'southern Kali' and refers to a temple complex several centuries old.
location
Dakshinkali is located about 20 km southwest of the capital Kathmandu near the village of Pharping at an altitude of about 1450 to 1600 m above sea level. d. M.
Residents
In the 2011 census, the Village Development Committees (VDCs) that made up the city of Dakshinkali had 24,297 inhabitants (11,873 male) in 5,488 households.
history
Numerous medieval temples in the area suggest that the area has been inhabited for centuries. The city, located in the south-west of the Kathmandu district , was created in 2014 by merging the six VDCs Chalnakhel , Chhaimale , Dakshinkali , Setidevi , Sheshnarayan and Talkududechour . The urban area covers 42.6 km².
Attractions
The biggest attraction of the place is the Dakshinkali Temple , located in a ravine , in which animal sacrifices are made almost daily to the Hindu goddess Kali .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ National Population and Housing Census 2011 (PDF) Central Bureau of Statistics. Archived from the original on July 31, 2013.
- ^ Govt creates 61 new municipalities . Nepal Mountain News. Archived from the original on April 2, 2015. Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Municipal Association of Nepal (MuAN) ( Memento of the original from January 7, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
