Chandannath is a
municipality in
Jumla District in the
Karnali Province of
Nepal. The municipality was established on 18 May 2014 by merging the existing
Mahat Gaun,
Talium,
Kartik Swami (
Jumla), and Chandannath
village development committees (VDCs). 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 5,842 persons living in 1,000 individual households.
Politics and Leadership
Kantika Sejuwal of
Nepali Congress is the first elected mayor of Chandannath Municipality in
Karnali Province, polling 2,777 votes against 2066 by her nearest rival from
CPN Maoist Center. Sejuwal is also the only woman elected mayor in the province with its 25 municipalities, apart from 54 rural municipalities.
Twin towns – sister cities
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Kathmandu
References
External links
UN map of the municipalities of Jumla District
Populated places in Jumla District
Municipalities in Karnali Province
Nepal municipalities established in 2014
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