Surkhang
| Surkhang सुरखाङ |
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| Coordinates | 29 ° 6 ′ N , 83 ° 58 ′ E | ||
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| Country | Nepal | ||
| Gandaki | |||
| Zone | Dhaulagiri | ||
| ISO 3166-2 | NP-P4 | ||
| District | mustang | ||
| height | 3420 m | ||
| Residents | 360 (2011) | ||
Surkhang ( Nepali सुरखाङ ) is a Village Development Committee (VDC) in the Mustang district in the upper Kali Gandaki river valley .
Surkhang is located in the northeast of the district on the border with the Tibet Autonomous Region ( PR China ). Surkhang is located southeast of Lo Manthang on the eastern bank of the Kali Gandaki and was formerly part of the Kingdom of Lo . The rivers Tange Khola and Dhechyang Khola have their source in the Damodar Himal and flow through the area in a westerly direction. The holy lake Damodar Kunda is located in the east of the VDC.
Residents
In 2001 Surkhang had a population of 515. At the 2011 census, Surkhang still had 360 inhabitants (180 of them male) in 103 households.
Villages and Hamlets
Surkhang consists of several villages and hamlets :
- Dhegaun ( 3910 m ⊙ )
- Dhigaun ( 3380 m ⊙ )
- Gharagaun ( 3910 m ⊙ )
- Ghuma Thant ( 4856 m )
- Kachacha ( 5360 m )
- Khete ( 3950 m )
- Paha ( 4220 m )
- Phanyakawa ( 3610 m )
- Selibung ( 6328 m )
- Surkhang ( 3420 m ⊙ )
- Tange ( 3340 m ⊙ )
- Thanti ( 5410 m )
- Thapulghoch ( 5328 m )
- Yaragaun ( 3610 m ⊙ )
Map with all coordinates of the section Villages and Hamlets : OSM
Individual evidence
- ↑ National Population and Housing Census 2011 (PDF) Central Bureau of Statistics. Archived from the original on July 31, 2013.
- ^ District: Mustang. List of Settlements (PDF) In: Index of Geographical names of Nepal . National Geographic Information Infrastructure Program. www.ngiip.gov.np. Archived from the original on February 6, 2016. 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. Retrieved April 15, 2014.
