Jumla

जुम्ला जिल्ला Jumla District
Location of the Jumla District (darker purple) in the Karnali Province and in Nepal
Basic data
Country	Nepal
province	Karnali
Seat	Jumla ( Chandannath )
surface	2531 km²
Residents	108,921 (2011 census)
density	43 inhabitants per km²
ISO 3166-2	NP-P6
Website	ddcjumla.gov.np

Coordinates: 29 ° 17 '  N , 82 ° 11'  E

The Jumla District ( Nepali जुम्ला जिल्ला Jumlā Jillā ) is one of 77 districts in Nepal and has belonged to the Karnali Province since the 2015 constitution .

history

Until 2015, Jumla was in the Karnali administrative zone .

geography

The Tila River , a right tributary of the Karnali , flows through the district in a west-southwest direction. The district administration is located in Jumla , the capital of the city of Chandannath .

In the Dsitrikt Jumla rice is grown from an altitude of 2,400 to 3,050 m. This is the highest rice-growing area in Nepal. The cultivated Jumli Marsi variety is particularly cold-tolerant and has probably been grown in Jumla on the banks of the Tila River for 1300 years . Both the Tila Valley and the Sinja Khola Valley are covered with rice fields where this type of rice grows, a unique red rice that is coveted for its special taste.

Residents

The district had 89,427 inhabitants in 2001; In 2011 there were 108,921.

Administrative division

The only city ( municipality ) in the district is Chandannath .

Gaunpalikas (rural communities):

• Kankasundari
• Sinja
• Hi Mom
• Tila
• Guthichaur
• Tatopani
• Patarasi

By 2017, the district was divided into the following Village Development Committees (VDCs):

• Badki
• Birat
• Buvramadichaur
• Chhumchaur
• Depalgaun
• Dhapa
• Dillichaur
• Garjyangkot
• Ghode Mahadev
• Gothichaur
• Haku
• Kalikakhetu
• Kanakasundari
• Labhra
• Lihi
• Mahabe Pattharkhola
• Mahadev
• Malika Bota
• Malikathota
• Narakot
• Pandawagufa
• Patarasi
• Patmara
• Sanigaun
• Tamti
• Tatopani

Climate table

Average monthly temperatures and precipitation for Jumla (Jumla) Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Max. Temperature ( ° C ) 13.9 15th 18.5 21.7 24.1 26th 25th 24.6 24.2 21.9 18.6 16.1 O 20.8 Min. Temperature (° C) -5 -3.1 0.3 3.6 7.7 12.9 15.6 15.3 12.4 4.2 -1.5 -4.5 O 4.9 Temperature (° C) 4.5 6th 9.4 12.7 15.9 19.5 20.3 20th 18.3 13.1 8.6 5.1 O 12.8 Precipitation ( mm ) 28 39 53 43 57 74 180 174 103 35 10 14th Σ 810 Source: [1] (PDF; 191 kB)

Web links

Commons : Jumla District  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Schedule-4 States, and Districts to be included in the concerned States. - Nepal Law Commission. Retrieved December 13, 2018 . 
2. ↑ जुम्ला जि.स.स (Brief Introduction). Accessed January 2, 2019 . 
3. ↑ Central Bureau of Statistics, Census 2011: National Report (pp. 51–52, Population Total and Area in Sq. Km ). ( Memento from May 25, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF; 7.8 MB)
4. ↑ ^{a b} Nepal: Administrative Unit - State 6 Map | UN Nepal Information Platform. Retrieved January 1, 2019 .