Sagarmatha (zone)
| सगरमाथा अञ्चल Sagarmatha
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 Location of the Sagarmatha zone in Nepal |
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| Country | Nepal |
| region | Eastern development region |
| Seat | Rajbiraj |
| surface | 10,591 km² |
| Residents | 2,054,326 (2011 census) |
| density | 194 inhabitants per km² |
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Coordinates: 27 ° 13 ' N , 86 ° 37' E
Sagarmatha ( Nepali सगरमाथा अञ्चल Sagarmatha Anchal ) was one of the 14 former administrative zones in Nepal .
It was named after the Nepali name for the highest point, Mount Everest , and was located in the then developing region of East in eastern Nepal . The administrative zone stretched from the Indian to the Chinese border. The administrative seat was Rajbiraj .
Sagarmatha was divided into six districts:
Through the constitution of September 20, 2015 and the resulting reorganization of Nepal into provinces, the districts of this zone were divided and assigned to the newly created provinces No. 1 (Districts Khotang, Okhaldhunga, Solukhumbu and Udayapur) and No. 2 (Districts Siraha and Saptari) .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ http://www.citypopulation.de/php/nepal-admin.php
- ^ Constitution of Nepal, Schedule-4 . 2015 ( deutsch-nepal.de [PDF] Unofficial English Translation).
