Dhankuta

Dhankuta Nagarpalika धनकुटा नगरपालिका Dhankuta
Coordinates	26 ° 58 ′  N , 87 ° 21 ′  E Coordinates: 26 ° 58 ′  N , 87 ° 21 ′  E
Basic data
Country	Nepal
province	Province No. 1
District	Dhankuta
height	1170 m
surface	110.8 km²
Residents	36,619 (2011)
density	330.5  Ew. / km²
founding	1978
Website	www.mundhankuta.gov.np
politics
Chief Executive Officer	Prasad Koirala (September 2015)
15 wards

Dhankuta ( Nepali धनकुटा ) is a city ( municipality ) in the district of the same name in Province No. 1 in eastern Nepal .

Until the introduction of the districts in 1963, Dhankuta was the administrative center of the entire north-east of the country.

Originally a Newar settlement, today different Nepalese ethnic groups live in Dhankuta: Magar , Rai , Limbu and Tamang . The city is located on an important cul-de-sac from the Terai into the Himalayas or the hinterland of the Arun , the Koshi Rajmarg . In 2014, the neighboring Village Development Committees Belhara and Bhirgaun were incorporated. The urban area now covers 110.8 km².

Residents

At the 2011 census, the city of Dhankuta had 26,440 inhabitants (12,378 of them male) in 7204 households. Including the VDCs Belhara and Bhirgaun , the population was 36,619 (17,167 male) in 9,460 households.

Looking north towards the center of Dhankuta

Climate table

Monthly average temperatures and rainfall for Dhankuta Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Max. Temperature ( ° C ) 15.0 16.2 19.8 23.5 23.3 24.5 23.7 24.3 23.3 20.7 18.5 16.3 O 20.8 Min. Temperature (° C) 9.0 9.8 13.0 16.0 17.0 19.0 18.7 19.3 18.0 15.0 12.5 9.3 O 14.7 Precipitation ( mm ) 13 12 20th 61 104 177 276 117 123 66 8th 10 Σ 987 Hours of sunshine ( h / d ) 8.0 7.2 7.6 8.2 7.2 4.7 2.7 4.2 4.3 6.8 8.5 6.7 O 6.3 Humidity ( % ) 74 73 61 60 74 85 91 89 90 85 80 77 O 78.3 Source: wetterkontor.de

Individual evidence

1. ↑ 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. 
2. ↑ ^{a b} National Population and Housing Census 2011 (PDF; 2.1 MB) Central Bureau of Statistics. Archived from the original on July 31, 2013.