Nepalganj

Nepalganj Upmahanagarpalika नेपालगञ्ज उपमहानगरपालिका Nepalganj
Coordinates	28 ° 3 '  N , 81 ° 37'  E Coordinates: 28 ° 3 '  N , 81 ° 37'  E
Basic data
Country	Nepal
province	Province No. 5
District	Bank
height	156 m
surface	89 km²
Residents	72,503 (2011)
density	814.6  Ew. / km²
Website	www.nepalgunjmun.gov.np
politics
Chief Executive Officer	Bishnu Prasad Bhusal (October 2015)
City law 2nd order 27 wards
Bhageshwari Temple in Nepalganj

Nepalganj ( Nepali नेपालगञ्ज Nepālgañj , also anglicised Nepalgunj ) is one of the largest cities in western Nepal , an economic center and the most important transport hub in the region. It has the 2nd order town charter .

The urban area covers 89 km². Nepalganj has an airfield from which Kathmandu and other landing sites in western Nepal are approached. There is a border crossing to India (about 3 kilometers south of the city), which is also open to foreigners. The bus station should also be mentioned, with regular bus connections to the capital and especially to the hill districts such as Surkhet , Dailekh or Salyan .

The district of Banke , whose administrative seat is in Neplganj, was in British hands from 1816 (according to the Treaty of Segauli ), in 1858 it was returned to Nepal, as the Nepalese army had provided the British with valuable service in suppressing the Indian uprising of 1857 .

In the large old town you will find extensive bazaars with a wide range of goods. The architecture of the old town is strongly Indian, which is a specialty for Nepal.

Residents

At the 2011 census, the city of Nepalganj had 72,503 inhabitants (37,179 male) in 15,180 households.

There is a strong Muslim minority in Nepalganj; otherwise most of the larger ethnic groups of Nepal are represented there.

climate

Nepalganj is the hottest place in Nepal, the highest registered temperature is 48 ° C.

Nepalganj
Climate diagram
J F. M. A. M. J J A. S. O N D.     21st   22nd 9     23   25th 11     10   31 15th     8th   36 20th     31   38 25th     157   37 27     311   33 26th     325   33 26th     218   32 25th     40   32 21st     7th   28 15th     9   24 10 Temperature in ° C ,  precipitation in mm Source: www.travel-climate.com

Average monthly temperatures and rainfall for Nepalganj Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Max. Temperature ( ° C ) 22nd 25th 31 36 38 37 33 33 32 32 28 24 O 30.9 Min. Temperature (° C) 9 11 15th 20th 25th 27 26th 26th 25th 21st 15th 10 O 19.2 Temperature (° C) 15.6 17.8 23.3 28.9 31.9 31.9 29.7 28.9 28.9 26.1 20.8 16.4 O 25th Precipitation ( mm ) 21st 23 10 8th 31 157 311 325 218 40 7th 9 Σ 1,160 Source: www.travel-climate.com

Web links

Commons : Nepalganj  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ 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. 
2. ↑ National Population and Housing Census 2011 (PDF) Central Bureau of Statistics. Archived from the original on July 31, 2013.