Tansen (Nepal)
| Tansen Nagarpalika तानसेन नगरपालिका Tansen |
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| Coordinates | 27 ° 52 '6 " N , 83 ° 32' 44" E | ||
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| Country | Nepal | ||
| Province No. 5 | |||
| District | Palpa | ||
| ISO 3166-2 | NP-P5 | ||
| height | 1324 m | ||
| surface | 21.7 km² | ||
| Residents | 29,095 (2011) | ||
| density | 1,339.5 Ew. / km² | ||
| Website | www.tansenmun.org.np | ||
| 15 wards | |||
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Tansen is a city ( municipality ) in south-central Nepal .
The city forms the administrative center of the Palpa district . Tansen is located in the Mahabharat Mountains at an altitude of 1324 m , 57 km as the crow flies southeast of Pokhara . The Siddhartha Rajmarg trunk road (H10) leads from Butwal in the south through a mountain valley to Tansen. The urban area covers 21.72 km².
In the 16th century was the capital of Tansen Magar -Königreiches Tanahun . In the 18th century, Tansen became a Newari trading place on the road from Pokhara to Butwal , an important trade route between Mustang and India .
The well-preserved old town with temples in pagoda style is since 2008 one as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO nominated site.
Residents
At the 2011 census, the city of Tansen had 29,095 inhabitants (13,742 of them male) in 8,411 households.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Municipal Association of Nepal (MuAN) ( Memento of the original from January 7, 2014 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.
- ↑ The Medieval Town of Tansen - UNESCO World Heritage Center
- ↑ National Population and Housing Census 2011 (PDF) Central Bureau of Statistics. Archived from the original on July 31, 2013.
