Baku is a
village development committee (VDC) in
Solukhumbu District
Solukhumbu District ( ne, सोलुखुम्बु जिल्ला , Sherpa: , Wylie: shar khum bu dzong) is one of 14 districts of Province No. 1 of eastern Nepal. As the name suggests, it consists of the subregions Solu and Khumbu. ...
in the
Sagarmatha Zone of north-eastern
Nepal
Nepal (; ne, :ne:नेपाल, नेपाल ), formerly the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal ( ne,
सङ्घीय लोकतान्त्रिक गणतन्त्र नेपाल ), is a landlocked country in S ...
. Baku lies in the
Himalaya
The Himalayas, or Himalaya (; ; ), is a mountain range in Asia, separating the plains of the Indian subcontinent from the Tibetan Plateau. The range has some of the planet's highest peaks, including the very highest, Mount Everest. Over 100 ...
, 59 km South of Mount Everest and is bordered by the valleys of
Dudh Kosi River (West) and
Hinku Drangka River (East). 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 4159 people living in 777 individual households.
At the time of the
2011 census, the population of the VDC Baku was 4844 inhabitants (2380 male) in 963 individual households.
Villages and hamlets
Baku consists of several settlements and
hamlets
A hamlet is a human settlement that is smaller than a town or village. Its size relative to a parish can depend on the administration and region. A hamlet may be considered to be a smaller settlement or subdivision or satellite entity to a lar ...
.
The most important ones are:
* ''Baku'' (1,600 m )
* ''Sibuje'' (2,520 m )
References
External links
UN map of the municipalities of Solukhumbu District
Populated places in Solukhumbu District
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