Mugu

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मुगु जिल्ला
Mugu District
Location of the Mugu District (darker purple) in the Karnali Province and in Nepal
Location of the Mugu District (darker purple) in the Karnali Province and in Nepal
Basic data
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
Gamgadhi, seat of the district administration

Coordinates: 29 ° 37 '  N , 81 ° 58'  E

Rara Sea

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

Commons : Mugu 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. ↑ Bajura, not Saptari, is the most backward district of Nepal. December 14, 2017, accessed January 17, 2019 .
  3. ↑ 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) @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / cbs.gov.np
  4. ↑ a b Nepal: Administrative Unit - State 6 Map | UN Nepal Information Platform. Retrieved January 1, 2019 .