Saptari

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सप्तरी जिल्ला
Saptari District
Location of Saptari District (darker yellow) in Province No. 2 and in Nepal.
Location of Saptari District (darker yellow) in Province No. 2 and in Nepal.
Basic data
Country Nepal
province Province No. 2
surface 1363 km²
Residents 639,284 (2011 census)
density 469 inhabitants per km²
ISO 3166-2 NP-P2
Website www.ddcsaptari.gov.np

Coordinates: 26 ° 38 '  N , 86 ° 44'  E

The Saptari District ( Nepali सप्तरी ) is one of 77 districts in Nepal and has belonged to Province No. 2 since the 2015 constitution .

history

Until 2015, the district was part of the Sagarmatha administrative zone .

geography

The district is located in the Terai and extends from the first Siwalik chain in the north to the Indian border in the south. The rivers Balan and Koshi , one of the three largest rivers in Nepal, delimit the district to the west and east.

The climate is tropical with hot and very humid summers (temperatures between 33 ° C and 26 ° C, humidity around 85%) and mild winters (temperatures between 25 ° C and 11 ° C, humidity around 40%). The monsoons start in May and last until October.

In 2001 it had 570,282 inhabitants, in 2011 there were 639,284.

Administrative division

Cities in Saptari District:

Gaunpalikas (rural communities):

By 2017, the district was divided into the following Village Development Committees (VDCs):

Web links

Commons : Saptari 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. ↑ 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
  3. ↑ a b Nepal: Administrative Unit - State 2 Map | UN Nepal Information Platform. Retrieved January 1, 2019 .