Taplejung

Taplejung Nagarpalika ताप्लेजुङ्ग नगरपालिका Taplejung
Taplejung
Coordinates	27 ° 21 '28 "  N , 87 ° 40' 19"  E Coordinates: 27 ° 21 '28 "  N , 87 ° 40' 19"  E
Basic data
Country	Nepal
province	Province No. 1
District	Taplejung
height	1441 m
surface	41.9 km²
Residents	19,085 (2011)
density	455.7  Ew. / km²
founding	May 18, 2014
Website	www.taplejungmun.gov.np
9 wards

Taplejung ( Nepali ताप्लेजुङ्ग Taplejung ) is a city ( municipality ) in the far east of Nepal in the district of the same name .

The city was created in 2014 by merging the Village Development Committees Dokhu and Phungling . The urban area covers 41.88 km². Taplejung lies on a ridge at an altitude of 1441  m . The Tamor river valley runs 5 km to the west . Taplejung can be reached via a cul-de-sac from the Tamor valley. Suketar Airport is 3 km east of Taplejung .

Residents

At the 2011 census, the VDCs from which the city of Taplejung emerged had 19,085 inhabitants (9048 of whom were male) in 4,480 households.

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  Suketar Tower

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  Suketar airstrip

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  Suketar village

Individual evidence

1. ↑ 72 new municipalities announced . My Republica.com. Retrieved June 10, 2014.
2. ^ Government announces 72 new municipalities . The Kathmandu Post. Retrieved June 10, 2014.
3. ↑ 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. 
4. ↑ National Population and Housing Census 2011 (PDF; 2.1 MB) Central Bureau of Statistics. Archived from the original on July 31, 2013.