Dhulikhel
Dhulikhel Nagarpalika धुलिखेल नगरपालिका Dhulikhel |
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Coordinates | 27 ° 37 '10 " N , 85 ° 33' 8" E | |
Basic data | ||
Country | Nepal | |
Bagmati | ||
District | Kabhrepalanchok | |
ISO 3166-2 | NP-P3 | |
height | 1556 m | |
surface | 12.1 km² | |
Residents | 14,283 (2011) | |
density | 1,182.4 Ew. / km² | |
Website | www.mundhulikhel.gov.np | |
9 wards | ||
Temple Square with Narayanthan Temple
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Dhulikhel is a city ( municipality ) and the administrative seat of the Kabhrepalanchok district in Nepal , approx. 25 km east of Kathmandu .
The city is located on Araniko Rajmarg , an important highway from Kathmandu to the Sino-Nepal Friendship Bridge on the border with Tibet . At the same time, it is the starting point of the BP Koirala Rajmarg , an almost completed road connection in the eastern Terai .
The well-preserved old town in the Newar style with some pagoda temples makes Dhulikhel an important tourist center in Nepal. In the southeastern part of the village, a stairway leads up to a golden Buddha statue and even further up to the Kali Temple or to a viewing platform with a view of the central Himalayan massif. The city has a renowned hospital and is home to Kathmandu University . The urban area covers 12.08 km².
Residents
At the 2011 census, Dhulikhel had 14,283 inhabitants (7,122 male) in 3,279 households.
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- ↑ 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.
- ↑ National Population and Housing Census 2011 (PDF) Central Bureau of Statistics. Archived from the original on July 31, 2013.