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Rapti Highway
Rapti Highway ( ne, राप्ती राजमार्ग) is a highway in central Nepal that crosses the districts of Dang, Salyan and West Rukum in a south to north direction. The 176 km highway branches off Mahendra Highway in Satbariya towards Tulsipur in the North, where it intersects with Feeder Road 15 just north of Dang Airport, a road that connects the highway to the district headquarter of Dang, Ghorahi. Rapti Highway then follows Sharada River and passes the municipalities Sharada and Bagchaur. From there, the highway runs towards Musikot Khalanga Musikot ( ne, मुसिकोट) is a municipality and the district headquarter of Western Rukum District in Karnali Province of Nepal that was established as ''Musikot Khalanga'' on 2 December 2014 by merging the two former Village developm ..., the district headquarter of West Rukum District, where it terminates. References {{Highways in Nepal Highways in Nepal ...
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Satbariya
Satbariya is a town and Village Development Committee in Dang Deokhuri District in Lumbini Province of south-western Nepal. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census The 1991 Nepal census was a widespread national census conducted by the Nepal Central Bureau of Statistics. Working with Nepal's Village Development Committees at a district level, they recorded data from all the main towns and villages of each ... it had a population of 8,829 persons living in 1258 individual households. References External linksUN map of the municipalities of Dang Deokhuri District Populated places in Dang District, Nepal {{DangNP-geo-stub ...
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Nepal
Nepal (; ne, नेपाल ), formerly the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal ( ne, सङ्घीय लोकतान्त्रिक गणतन्त्र नेपाल ), is a landlocked country in South Asia. It is mainly situated in the Himalayas, but also includes parts of the Indo-Gangetic Plain, bordering the Tibet Autonomous Region of China to the north, and India in the south, east, and west, while it is narrowly separated from Bangladesh by the Siliguri Corridor, and from Bhutan by the Indian state of Sikkim. Nepal has a diverse geography, including fertile plains, subalpine forested hills, and eight of the world's ten tallest mountains, including Mount Everest, the highest point on Earth. Nepal is a multi-ethnic, multi-lingual, multi-religious and multi-cultural state, with Nepali as the official language. Kathmandu is the nation's capital and the largest city. The name "Nepal" is first recorded in texts from the Vedic period of the India ...
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Musikot Khalanga
Musikot ( ne, मुसिकोट) is a municipality and the district headquarter of Western Rukum District in Karnali Province of Nepal that was established as ''Musikot Khalanga'' on 2 December 2014 by merging the two former Village development committees Musikot and ''Khalanga''. From 2014 until 2018, Musikot was called ''Musikot Khalanga'' and until 2017 served as the district headquarter of Rukum District. It lies on the bank of Sani Bheri River. It borders with Eastern Rukum in the east, Sanibheri rural municipality in the west, Banfikot rural municipality in the north and Tribeni rural municipality and Rolpa district in the south. Once a red fort of CPN (Maoist Centre), Musikot is now ruled by Nepali Congress since the year 2022 and Maoists have finally lost both mayoral and deputy mayoral post. Media To Promote local culture Musikot has one FM radio station, Radio Sani Bheri F.M. - 89.2 MHz, which is a Community radio Station. Transportation Rukum Salle Air ...
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Dang Deukhuri District
Dang District ( ne, दाङ जिल्ला, ) is the district of Lumbini Province located in the Inner Terai of midwestern Nepal. Deukhuri valley of the district is the capital of the province and is the second largest valley of Asia surrounded by Sivalik Hills and Mahabharata Range. The district headquarter Ghorahi is the seventh largest city and the largest sub-metropolitan city of Nepal. Tulsipur sub-metropolitan city, the second largest city of Dang, is a major transportation hub with an extensive road and air networks. The district covers an area of 2,955 km2 and has a population of 548,141 (2011 census). Dang district has been archeologically studied extensively since the 20th century due to the discoveries of ancient fossils of apes and early humans. The district is considered the center of Sanskrit language in Nepal and is home to Nepal's second oldest university, Nepal Sanskrit University which is the only Sanskrit university of the country as well as Rapt ...
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Salyan District, Nepal
Salyan District ( ne, सल्यान जिल्ला), a part of Karnali Province, is one of the seventy-seven districts of Nepal. Salyan covers an area of with a population of 213,500 in 2001 and 241,716 in 2011. The district's administrative center is named Salyan or ''Salyan Khalanga'', today it is part of Shaarada Municipality. The district is known for its Hindu temples including Shiva temples in Chhayachhetra and Laxmipur, and the Devi temple at Khairabang in Shaarada municipality, one of nine in Nepal. History Salyan was one of the '' Baise Rajya'', a confederation of 22 petty kingdoms in the Karnali (Ghagra) region. About 1760 CE all these kingdoms were annexed by the Shah Dynasty during the unification of Nepal. Etymology ''Salyan'' derives from the Nepali word ''sallo'' which means pine tree or conifer. Geography and climate Although Salyan is considered a hilly district, its southwest salient is actually outside the Pahari-inhabited hill region, in ...
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West Rukum District
Western Rukum ( ne, पश्चिमी रुकुम ) a part of Karnali Province, is one of the seventy-seven Districts of Nepal, districts of Nepal. Musikot, Rukum, Musikot is the headquarter of the district. Formally Western Rukum District was part of Rukum District, which divided into two districts Western Rukum and Eastern Rukum District, Eastern Rukum after the state's reconstruction of administrative divisions as of 20 September 2015. The total area of Western Rukum District is and total population of this district as of 2011 Nepal census is 154,272 individuals. Located in the western hill region, Western Rukum is a hill district with many valleys. It is bordered with five districts: Eastern Rukum District, Eastern Rukum and Rolpa District, Rolpa district of Lumbini Province, Lumbini province on the east, Salyan District, Nepal, Salyan district to the south, Jajarkot District, Jajarkot district on the west, and Dolpa District, Dolpa district to the north. Demogra ...
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Mahendra Highway
Mahendra Highway (), also called East-West Highway () runs across the Terai geographical region of Nepal, from Mechinagar in the east to Bhim Datta in the west, cutting across the entire width of the country. It is the longest highway in Nepal and was constructed by cooperation of various countries. Overview The highway is mostly a single lane in each direction. It is a major infrastructure element because east–west travel was previously limited to the Hulaki Highway built during the Rana regime, expensive and limited air travel, or Nepalese trains and buses. The highway crosses the Terai from east to west for over . Connecting Nepal from Kakarbhitta (Mechinagar Municipality) to West Mahendra Nagar in the east, this is the longest highway in Nepal till now. Bharatpur city and Chitwan valley are located towards the central part of this highway. The major destinations along and around the highway are Mechinagar, Bhadrapur, Itahari, Janakpur, Bharatpur, Butwal, Siddharthanag ...
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Tulsipur, Dang
Tulsipur is a Sub-Metropolitan City in Dang District of Lumbini Province of Nepal. As per population, it is the district's second most populous city after Ghorahi. It was established in 1992 by merging the former Village development committees ''Tulsipur'' and Amritpur. In 2014, it was expanded and the Village development committees of Urahari, Tarigaun, Pawannagar and Halwar. At the time of the 2011 Nepal census it had a population of 141,528 people living in 31,243 individual households. History The House of Tulsipur ruled one of the largest Taluqs of Oudh, India, which then included the Dang and Deukhuri Valleys. Therefore, it also counted as one of the Baise Rajya ( ne, बाइसे राज्य; 22 Principalities), a confederation in what became western Nepal. The Tharu civilization of sukaurakot (at the northern bank of Babai River) is one of the oldest human civilizations which was further extended to the eastern part of the country with the migration of the ...
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Feeder Road 15
Feeder may refer to: Technology * Feeder (livestock equipment) * Feeder (beekeeping), any of several devices used in apiculture to supplement or replace natural food sources * Feeder (casting), another name for a riser, a reservoir built into a metal casting mold to prevent cavities due to shrinkage * Feeder cells, are cells that line a Petri dish to provide cell contact for cells or tissues that grow on top of the feeder cells * Feeder, frontage road, or other small road eventually delivering traffic to a larger one * Feeder line (other), a peripheral route or branch from a main line or trunk line * Aquarium fish feeder, an electric or electronic device that is designed to feed aquarium fish at regular intervals * Automatic document feeder, in office equipment * Bird feeder * Bowl feeder, used to feed components automation applications * Bulk feeder * Leaky feeder, a communications system used in underground mining and other tunnel environments * Rotary feeder, a compo ...
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Dang Airport
Dang Airport , also known as Tarigaun Airport, is a domestic airport located in Tulsipur serving Dang District, a district in Lumbini Province in Nepal. Facilities The airport resides at an elevation of above mean sea level. It has one runway which is in length. Airlines and destinations Access The airport is located at Rapti Highway. It is able to serve the whole district, as it lies west of Ghorahi ''Ghorahi'' (Nepali: घोराही उपमहानगरपालिका) is the seventh largest city and largest sub-metropolitan city of Nepal. The city (formerly ''Tribhuvannagar'') lies in Lumbini Province in the Mid-Western part .... References External links * {{authority control Airports in Nepal Buildings and structures in Dang District, Nepal ...
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Ghorahi
''Ghorahi'' (Nepali: घोराही उपमहानगरपालिका) is the seventh largest city and largest sub-metropolitan city of Nepal. The city (formerly ''Tribhuvannagar'') lies in Lumbini Province in the Mid-Western part of Nepal. It is the largest city of Dang Deukhuri District of southwest Nepal. Located in the Inner Terai region, it lies south-west of Nepal's capital Kathmandu and is one of the Counter Magnets being developed as an alternative centre of growth to help ease the migration and population explosion in the Kathmandu metropolitan area. It is the largest city of the Rapti Zone and is surrounded by the Sivalik Hills to the south and Mahabharata Range to the north. Ghorahi is located in the Dang Valley in the foothills of the Himalayas nestled between the Babai River in the east, south, and in the west which ends being the famous Sarayu and Ganges rivers in India. The city is known for its landscape and slightly milder climate and provides a ...
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Sharada River
Sharada or Sarada (Sanskrit for "autumnal") may refer to: * the season spanning the months of Bhadrapada, Ashvin, and Kārtika of the traditional lunar Hindu calendar * Another name for the Hindu goddess Saraswati * Sharada script, abugida writing system * Sharada (Unicode block), a Unicode block of Sharada script characters Geography * Sarada River in Andhra Pradesh, India * Sharda River, downstream renaming mainly in Uttar Pradesh of ''(Maha)Kali'' River on Nepal's western border with Uttarakhand, India * Sharad Khola tributary to Babai River, Dang and Bardiya districts, Nepal Films * ''Sharada'' (1942 film), in Hindi * ''Sharada'' (1957 film), in Hindi * ''Sarada'' (1962 film), in Tamil * ''Sharada'' (1973 film), in Telugu * ''Sharada'' (1981 film), in Hindi * ''Sarada'' (unreleased film), in Telugu Literature * ''Sarada'' (novel), an 1892 Malayalam novel * ''Sharada'' (magazine), a Nepali literary magazine * ''Sharada'' (Malayalam women's magazine), an Indian m ...
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