Surkhet

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सुर्खेत जिल्ला
Surkhet district
Location of the district of Surkhet (darker purple) in the province of Karnali and in Nepal
Location of the district of Surkhet (darker purple) in the province of Karnali and in Nepal
Basic data
Country Nepal
province Karnali
Seat Birendran agar
surface 2451 km²
Residents 350,804 (2011 census)
density 143 inhabitants per km²
ISO 3166-2 NP-P6
Website www.ddcsurkhet.gov.np

Coordinates: 28 ° 36 '  N , 81 ° 37'  E

The district of Surkhet ( Nepali सुर्खेत जिल्ला ) is one of 77 districts in Nepal and has belonged to the Karnali province since the constitution of 2015 .

geography

It is located about 370 km west of Kathmandu .

A characteristic part of the landscape of the district is the valley of Surkhet with a diameter of 6 to 9 km at an altitude of approx.  650  m (above sea level), on the northern edge of which is the city of Birendranagar . From the middle of the cauldron protrudes a small, wooded and approx. 70 m high hill on which the Buddhist monastery ruins of Kankrebihar are located.

Residents

In the 2001 census it had 288,527 inhabitants; in 2011 there were 350,804.

Administrative division

Cities ( municipalities ) in Surkhet District:

Gaunpalikas (rural communities):

Web links

Commons : Surkhet 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. ↑ Kankrebihar Biodiversity and Culture Conservation Project ( Memento of May 13, 2008 in the Internet Archive )
  3. ↑ Central Bureau of Statistics, Census 2011: National Report (pp. 51–52, Population Total and Area in Sq. Km ). ( Memento from April 18, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF; 7.8 MB)
  4. ↑ a b Nepal: Administrative Unit - State 6 Map | UN Nepal Information Platform. Retrieved January 1, 2019 .