Jomsom

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Jomsom
जोमसोम
Jomsom जोमसोम (Nepal)
Jomsom जोमसोम
Jomsom
जोमसोम
Coordinates 28 ° 47 '  N , 83 ° 44'  E Coordinates: 28 ° 47 '  N , 83 ° 44'  E
Basic data
Country Nepal

province

Gandaki
Zone Dhaulagiri
ISO 3166-2 NP-P4
District mustang
height 2740 m
Residents 1370 (2011)
Jomsom
Jomsom

Jomsom (also Jomosom ) ( Nepali जोमसोम ) is a village and a Village Development Committee in the upper Kali Gandaki Valley in Nepal and lies at an altitude of 2770  m .

Jomsom is the capital of the Mustang district and is located on the Annapurna Circuit . The place has an airfield that is approached from Pokhara and is therefore often the starting or ending point for trekking tours . A training unit for the high mountain fighters of the Nepalese army is also stationed there. At the southern end of the village is the Mustang Eco Museum with a photo gallery, a collection of local costumes and a library. Since 2008 a dirt road (passable for jeeps and motorbikes) has led from Pokhara to Jomsom and on to the famous pilgrimage site of Muktinath . The apple and apricot growing region of Nepal (Marpha, Tukuche) is located a few kilometers south.

Residents

At the 2011 census, Jomsom had 1,370 inhabitants (702 men) in 430 households.

Villages and Hamlets

Jomsom consists of several villages and hamlets :

  • Dhumba ( 2780  m )
  • Hadigaun ( 2730  m )
  • Jomsom ( 2740  m ⊙ )
  • Kaisang ( 3460  m )
  • Samle ( 2780  m )
  • Thinigaun ( 2860  m ⊙ )

f1Georeferencing Map with all coordinates of the section Villages and Hamlets : OSM

traffic

Airfield in Jomsom

The Jomsom Airport (really just an airfield) applies because of its location between high mountains as dangerous.

Climate table

Average monthly temperatures and rainfall for Jomsom
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Max. Temperature ( ° C ) 12 13 16 20th 23 25th 25th 25th 23 19th 15th 13 O 19.1
Min. Temperature (° C) -3 -1 2 4th 7th 12 14th 14th 11 5 1 -2 O 5.4
Precipitation ( mm ) 20th 18th 23 15th 11 17th 41 54 35 37 2 2 Σ 275
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Web links

Commons : Jomsom  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

References and comments

  1. ↑ National Population and Housing Census 2011 (PDF) Central Bureau of Statistics. Archived from the original on July 31, 2013.
  2. ^ District: Mustang. List of Settlements (PDF) In: Index of Geographical names of Nepal . National Geographic Information Infrastructure Program. www.ngiip.gov.np. Archived from the original on February 6, 2016. 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. Retrieved April 15, 2014. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / ngiip.gov.np
  3. ↑ Airplane crashes on approach to Jomsom. Nepal. In: SPIEGEL ONLINE. SPIEGEL ONLINE GmbH, May 14, 2012, accessed on May 14, 2012 .