Manakamana (Gorkha)
| Manakamana मनकामना |
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| Coordinates | 27 ° 54 ' N , 84 ° 35' E | ||
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| Country | Nepal | ||
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| ISO 3166-2 | NP-P4 | ||
| District | Gorkha | ||
| height | 1300 m | ||
| Residents | 6203 (2011) | ||
 Manakamana Temple in 2006
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Manakamana ( Nepali मनकामना ) is a Village Development Committee (VDC) in central Nepal in the Gorkha district .
Manakamana is located 12 km south of the district capital Gorkha . In the center of the VDC is a 1300 m high mountain on which the eponymous Manakamana temple is located, which was destroyed in the earthquake in 2015 . The VDC is bounded in the south by the Trishuli , in the west by the Marsyangdi and in the north-west by the Daraudi .
The Manakamana Temple was an important place of pilgrimage and a major tourist destination. Visitors mostly reached it via the Manakamana cable car .
Residents
At the 2011 census, the VDC Manakamana had 6,203 inhabitants (2,876 men) in 1,392 households.
Villages and Hamlets
Manakamana consists of several villages and hamlets . The most important are:
- Dandagaun ( 890 m ⊙ )
- Cantar ( 310 m ⊙ )
- Karantar ( 310 m ⊙ )
- Kusumpani ( 760 m ⊙ )
- Manakamana ( 1300 m ⊙ )
Map with all coordinates of the section Villages and Hamlets : OSM
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ National Population and Housing Census 2011 (PDF) Central Bureau of Statistics. Archived from the original on July 31, 2013.
- ^ District: Gorkha. 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 September 5, 2015.
