Kowang
| Kowang लेते |
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| Coordinates | 28 ° 41 ′ N , 83 ° 37 ′ E | ||
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| Country | Nepal | ||
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| Zone | Dhaulagiri | ||
| ISO 3166-2 | NP-P4 | ||
| District | mustang | ||
| height | 2550 m | ||
| Residents | 727 (2011) | ||
 View from the south of Kowang
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Kowang ( Nepali लेते ; also Kobang ) is a village and a Village Development Committee in the Mustang district in the upper river valley of the Kali Gandaki .
The place Kowang is located at an altitude of 2550 m on the western bank of the Kali Gandaki in the south of the district. In the south, Kowang borders on Lete , in the north on Tukuche . The place is on the Annapurna Circuit on the road to Jomsom, 20 km further north .
Residents
In 2001 the population was 914. At the 2011 census, Kowang had 727 inhabitants (378 of them male) in 198 households.
Villages and Hamlets
Kowang consists of several villages and hamlets :
- Khanti ( 2598 m )
- Kobang ( 2550 m ⊙ )
- Larjung ( 2550 m ⊙ )
- Nauricot ( 2730 m ⊙ )
- Sauru ( 2550 m ⊙ )
- Secung ( 2530 m )
Map with all coordinates of the section Villages and Hamlets : OSM
Web links
Commons : Kowang - collection of images, videos and audio files
Individual evidence
- ↑ National Population and Housing Census 2011 (PDF) Central Bureau of Statistics. Archived from the original on July 31, 2013.
- ^ 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.
