Nuwakot

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नुवाकोट जिल्ला
Nuwakot District
Location of the Nuwakot district (red) in Nepal
Location of the Nuwakot district (red) in Nepal
Basic data
Country Nepal
province Bagmati
Seat Bidur
surface 1121 km²
Residents 277,471 (2001 census)
density 248 inhabitants per km²
ISO 3166-2 NP-P3
VDCs and cities (blue) in Nuwakot
VDCs and cities (blue) in Nuwakot

Coordinates: 27 ° 53 '  N , 85 ° 8'  E

The Nuwakot District ( Nepali नुवाकोट जिल्ला , Nuvākoṭ jillā ) is one of 75 districts in Nepal .

This is located on the Trishuli River in the Bagmati administrative zone . At the 2001 census, this administrative unit had 288,478 inhabitants, in 2011 it was 277,471.

The district is named after the mountain village and the fortress of the same name Nuwakot , built in the 18th century in the Malla style on the trade route between Tibet and the Kathmandu valley , strategically above the city of Bidur .

Nuwakot belonged to a total of 9 Ghorka fortresses of Pritvi Narayan Shah and was the capital of his empire until his capture of Kathmandu in 1768.

Administrative division

Cities in Nuwakot District:

Village Development Committees (VDCs) in Nuwakot District:

photos

  • palace

  • Agricultural terraces near Duipipal

  • Belkot

  • District of Duipipal

  • Kakani

  • Councilmate

  • Dhimay drums accompany the stick dance Taktuke

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ General Bureau of Statistics, Kathmandu, Nepal, Nov. 2012