Mugu
मुगु जिल्ला Mugu District
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Location of the Mugu District (darker purple) in the Karnali Province and in Nepal |
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Country | Nepal |
province | Karnali |
Seat | Gamgadhi (district of Chhayanath Rara ) |
surface | 3535 km² |
Residents | 55,286 (2011 census) |
density | 16 inhabitants per km² |
ISO 3166-2 | NP-P6 |
Website | ddcmugu.gov.np |
Gamgadhi, seat of the district administration |
Coordinates: 29 ° 37 ' N , 81 ° 58' E
The Mugu District ( Nepali मुगु जिल्ला Mugu Jilla ) is one of 77 districts in Nepal and has been part of the Constitution of 2015 the province Karnali .
history
Until 2015, the district was part of the Karnali Administrative Zone .
geography
Mugu is one of the most remote districts in the country. It is also one of the ten poorest and most underdeveloped districts, with a Human Development Index of less than 0.4.
In Mugu lies the largest lake in Nepal, the 8 km² Rara lake at an altitude of 2900 m .
Residents
Mugu had 55,286 inhabitants at the 2011 census.
Administrative division
The only city ( municipality ) of the district is Chhayanath Rara .
Gaunpalikas (rural communities):
By 2017, the district was divided into the following Village Development Committees (VDCs):
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Schedule-4 States, and Districts to be included in the concerned States. - Nepal Law Commission. Retrieved December 13, 2018 .
- ↑ Bajura, not Saptari, is the most backward district of Nepal. December 14, 2017, accessed January 17, 2019 .
- ↑ Central Bureau of Statistics, Census 2011: National Report (pp. 51–52, Population Total and Area in Sq. Km ). ( Memento of the original from April 18, 2013 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. (PDF; 7.8 MB)
- ↑ a b Nepal: Administrative Unit - State 6 Map | UN Nepal Information Platform. Retrieved January 1, 2019 .