Amargadhi is a
municipality
A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate.
The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...
and the district headquarter of
Dadeldhura District
Dadeldhura, a part of Sudurpashchim Province, is one of the seventy-seven districts of Nepal. The district, with Dadeldhura as its district headquarters, covers an area of and had a population of 126,162 in 2001 and 142,094 in 2011.
The region ...
in
Sudurpashchim Province of western
Nepal
Nepal (; ne, :ne:नेपाल, नेपाल ), formerly the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal ( ne,
सङ्घीय लोकतान्त्रिक गणतन्त्र नेपाल ), is a landlocked country in S ...
. It was named after Gorkha General
Amar Singh Thapa
Amar Singh Thapa Chhetri distinguished as Badakaji Amar Singh Thapa( ne, बडाकाजी अमर सिंह थापा क्षेत्री), or Amar Singh Thapa The Elder, (also spelled Ambar Simha) also known by the honorific nam ...
, who fought in the
Gurkha War
The Anglo-Nepalese War (1 November 1814 – 4 March 1816), also known as the Gorkha War, was fought between the Gorkhali army of the Kingdom of Nepal (present-day Nepal) and the British forces of the East India Company (EIC, present-day Ind ...
between 1814 and 1816 At the time of the
2011 Nepal census it had a population of 21,245 people living in 4,778 individual households.
Transportation
Mahakali Highway
Mahakali Highway ( Nepali: महाकाली राजमार्ग) is a highway in western Nepal. It links Api Municipality in the Lesser Himalayas with the Western Terai region around Dhangadhi spanning around 325 km and links with ...
links Amargadhi to the
Terai
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region of Nepal as well as
Api Municipality in the
Lesser Himalayas.
Seti Highway branches off Mahakali Highway at Amargadhi towards
Dipayal Silgadhi.
Media
To Promote local culture Amargadhi has three
community radio
Community radio is a radio service offering a third model of radio broadcasting in addition to commercial and public broadcasting. Community stations serve geographic communities and communities of interest. They broadcast content that is popula ...
stations, Radio Amargadhi 97.4 MHz, Radio Sudur Awaz 95 MHz, and Radio Aafno 104.8 MHz.
Climate
Twin towns – sister cities
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Kathmandu
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References
External links
UN map of the municipalities of Dadeldhura District
Populated places in Dadeldhura District
Nepal municipalities established in 1997
Municipalities in Dadeldhura District
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