Mustang (district)

मुस्ताङ जिल्ला Mustang District
Location of the Mustang district (red) in Nepal
Basic data
Country	Nepal
province	Gandaki
Seat	Jomsom
surface	3573 km²
Residents	13,452 (2011 census)
density	3.8 inhabitants per km²
ISO 3166-2	NP-P4
VDCs and cities (blue) in Mustang

Coordinates: 28 ° 47 '  N , 83 ° 44'  E

The Mustang district ( Nepali मुस्ताङ जिल्ला ) is one of 77 districts in Nepal . Mustang District is located in the north of the Dhaulagiri Administrative Zone . It extends over the upper river valley of the Kali Gandaki . The northern two thirds of the district (today: Upper Mustang ) correspond to the former Kingdom of Lo ( Kingdom of Mustang ), which was annexed by the Kingdom of Gorkha in the 18th century and thus became part of Nepal. The culture was and is still strongly influenced by Tibet .

Residents

At the 2001 census it had 14,981 inhabitants; in 2011 there were 13,452. This makes it the district with the lowest population in Nepal after Manang .

Administrative division

The following Village Development Committees (VDCs) are located in the Mustang District :

• Charang (Tsarang)
• Chhonhup
• Chhoser
• Chhusang
• Dhami
• Jhong
• Jomsom
• Kagbeni
• Kowang
• Kunjo
• Lete
• Lo Manthang
• Marpha
• Muktinath
• Surkhang
• Tukuche

climate

Mustang has a continental mountain climate; the temperatures increase steadily from north to south. In Lo Manthang, for example, temperatures can drop to below −20 ° C at night, while in Jomsom they do not even reach −10 ° C. In addition, Mustang is one of the driest regions in Nepal as it lies in the rain shadow of the main Himalayan ridge.

Jomsom
Climate diagram
J F. M. A. M. J J A. S. O N D.     7.9   10 -3     10   11 -2     24   15th 2     18th   19th 4th     17th   22nd 7th     24   23 12     40   23 14th     35   23 13     37   21st 11     30th   18th 6th     8.9   14th 1     6.3   12 -2 Temperature in ° C ,  precipitation in mm Source: [1]

Average monthly temperatures and rainfall for Jomsom Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Max. Temperature ( ° C ) 10.4 10.6 15.1 18.7 21.5 23.1 23.0 22.8 21.3 18.2 14.3 11.8 O 17.6 Min. Temperature (° C) -2.7 -2.1 1.5 4.2 7.3 11.7 13.5 13.4 11.2 5.8 1.2 -2.1 O 5.3 Precipitation ( mm ) 7.9 10.2 23.8 18.1 16.9 23.9 40.0 34.6 36.9 30.2 8.9 6.3 Σ 257.7 Source: [2]

Lo Manthang
Climate diagram
J F. M. A. M. J J A. S. O N D.     7.7   4th -12     9   5 -11     5   9 -6     1.5   13 -2     2.7   16 2     5.9   19th 7th     42   19th 9     39   19th 9     9.2   17th 6th     11   13 0     2.1   10 -7     8.7   7th -10 Temperature in ° C ,  precipitation in mm Source: [3]

Monthly average temperatures and rainfall for Lo Manthang Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Max. Temperature ( ° C ) 4.1 4.8 9.1 13.2 16.2 18.8 19.4 19.2 17.3 13.1 10.0 7.1 O 12.7 Min. Temperature (° C) -12.2 -11.3 -6.1 -2.2 1.8 6.8 9.1 8.7 6.3 -0.4 -6.5 -9.5 O −1.2 Precipitation ( mm ) 7.7 9.0 5.0 1.5 2.7 5.9 42.0 38.9 9.2 10.9 2.1 8.7 Σ 143.6 Source: [4]

photos

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  Children in Mustang

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  Kali Gandaki Valley

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  Chorten

Web links

Commons : Mustang District  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ 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)