Bung ( ne, बुङ्) is a
village development committee 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
Sagarmāthā Zone ( ne, सगरमाथा अञ्चल) or Sagarmatha Anclal ( ne, सगरमाथा अञ्चल) was one of the fourteen zones of Nepal until the restructuring of zones into provinces. The headquarters of Sagarmat ...
of north-eastern
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 ...
. 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 3368 people living in 737 individual households.
At the
2011 census, the population of Bung was 4520 inhabitants (2247 male) in 982 individual households.
Bung lies in the
Himalaya mountains
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, 54 km South of
Mount Everest
Mount Everest (; Tibetan: ''Chomolungma'' ; ) is Earth's highest mountain above sea level, located in the Mahalangur Himal sub-range of the Himalayas. The China–Nepal border runs across its summit point. Its elevation (snow heig ...
and is bordered by the
Hunku Drangka (East).
Gudel lies on the other side of the valley of Bung.
Villages and Hamlets
Bung 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:
* ''Bung'' (1,800 m )
* ''Chambaling Gompa'' (2,530 m )
* ''
Khiraule'' (2,460 m )
* ''Surke'' (2,960 m )
References
External links
UN map of the municipalities of Solukhumbu District
Populated places in Solukhumbu District
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