Bhalubang (Nepali:भालुबाङ), sometimes Bhaluwang (Nepali:भालुवाङ) is a place located in Rapti Rural Municipality,

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 su ...

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 mai ...

and the capital of

Lumbini Province Lumbini Province ( ne, लुम्बिनी प्रदेश, Lumbinī pradēśa) is a province in western Nepal. It borders Gandaki Province and Karnali Province to the north, Sudurpashchim Province to the west, Uttar Pradesh and Bihar o ...

. Bhalubang literally refers

bear Bears are carnivoran mammals of the family Ursidae. They are classified as caniforms, or doglike carnivorans. Although only eight species of bears are extant, they are widespread, appearing in a wide variety of habitats throughout the Nor ...

ground. Before human settlement, that place was a play ground and habitat of

s. Human settlement on Bhalubang started mainly in two different stages: before the construction of west rapti bridge and, after the construction of west rapti bridge. Bhalubang, the land of ethnic diversity, is lying on lap of Chure hills along with the

West Rapti River West Rapti, also known as the Kuwano drains Rapti Zone in Mid-Western Region, Nepal, then Awadh and Purvanchal regions of Uttar Pradesh state, India before joining the Ghaghara—a major left bank tributary of the Ganges known as the Karnali i ...

. It is the local market place; people from nearby villages come for shopping. Before the construction of bridge on rapti, human settlement was there on east part of Pulchowk; known as upper Bhalubang. Human settlement on next phase was started after construction of Rapti Setu bridge and that human habitation is now known as pulchowk or lower Bhalubang. People of Nepal, while returning from India, used to travel through Banghushree before the construction of this bridge. ''Jwalamai gan'' is an armed police camp and a regional police training center. This camp is located on the west side of Bhalubang where Maoist attack in 2002 AD (2058 BS) caused huge loss of life and property.

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{{coord missing, Nepal Populated places in Dang District, Nepal