Mahakali (Darchula)
| Mahakali Nagarpalika महाकाली नगरपालिका Mahakali |
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| Coordinates | 29 ° 51 ′ N , 80 ° 33 ′ E | ||
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| Country | Nepal | ||
| Sudurpashchim | |||
| District | Darchula | ||
| ISO 3166-2 | NP-P7 | ||
| height | 886 m | ||
| surface | 135.1 km² | ||
| Residents | 21,231 (2011) | ||
| density | 157.1 Ew. / km² | ||
| founding | May 18, 2014 | ||
| 9 wards | |||
Mahakali ( Nepali महाकाली ) is a city ( municipality ) in the far west of Nepal in the Darchula district .
history
The city was created in 2014 under the name Api by merging the Village Development Committees (VDC) Brahmadev , Chapari , Dhap , Kante and Khalanga .
In the course of the restructuring of the local level and the creation of the Gaunpalikas (rural communities) by amalgamating and abolishing the Village Development Committees on March 10, 2017, the VDC Dattu was also incorporated and three wards were handed over to neighboring communities. In addition, the name of the city was changed to Mahakali .
geography
Mahakali is located on the left bank of the Mahakali River on the border with India . It houses the administrative headquarters of the district in the former VDC Khalanga . When it was founded, the urban area covered 131.4 km². After the changes made in 2017, the area grew to 135.11 km².
Residents
At the 2011 census, the VDCs, from which the city of Api emerged, had 20,797 inhabitants (10,023 of them male) in 4,419 households. According to the changes made in 2017, the population is 21,231.
Individual evidence
- ↑ 72 new municipalities announced . My Republica.com. Retrieved June 10, 2014.
- ^ Government announces 72 new municipalities . The Kathmandu Post. Retrieved June 10, 2014.
- ^ The Himalayan Times: New local level structure comes into effect from today. March 10, 2017, accessed January 1, 2019 .
- ↑ a b c Federal VDC Relation. In: UN Nepal Information Platform: Common Data Repository. Accessed January 1, 2019 .
- ↑ 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.
