Lo-Ghekar Damodarkunda ( ne, लोकेघर दामोदरकुण्ड) (earlier:Dalome) is a
rural municipality
A rural municipality is a classification of municipality, a type of local government, found in several countries.
These include:
* Rural municipality (Canada), Rural municipalities in Canada, a Lists of municipalities in Canada, type of municipa ...
situated in
Mustang District of
Gandaki Province
Gandaki Province ( ne, गण्डकी प्रदेश ) ), is one of the seven federal provinces established by the current constitution of Nepal which was promulgated on 20 September 2015. Pokhara is the province's capital city. It borde ...
of
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 ...
. The rural municipality is situated on the northern part of the
Mustang
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, surrounded by
Lomanthang rural municipality on the north,
Barhagaun Muktichhetra on the south,
Manang District
Manang District ( ne, मनाङ जिल्ला , a part of Gandaki Province, is one of the seventy-seven districts of Nepal. The district, with Chame as its district headquarters, covers an area of and had a population (2011) of 6,538. ...
on the south-east and
Dolpa District
Dolpa District ( ne, डोल्पा जिल्ला), is a district, located in Karnali Province of Nepal, It is one of the seventy-seven districts of Nepal and one of ten district of Karnali. The district, with Dunai as its district h ...
on the west, north-eastern border of the rural municipality touches border with
Tibet
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of
China
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.
The total area of the rural municipality is and total population of the rural municipality according to
2011 Nepal census
Nepal conducted a widespread national census in 2011 by the Nepal Central Bureau of Statistics. Working with the 58 municipalities and the 3915 Village Development Committees at a district level, they recorded data from all the municipalities an ...
is 1423. The rural municipality is divided into 5 wards. The admin center of the rural municipality is at
Charang.
,
Surkhang and
Dhami Village development committees were Incorporated while established this rural municipality.
The rural municipality came into existence on 10 March 2017, fulfilling the requirement of the new
Constitution of Nepal 2015
Constitution of Nepal 2015 ( ne, नेपालको संविधान २०७२) is the present governing Constitution of Nepal.
Nepal is governed according to the Constitution which came into effect on 20 September 2015, replacing the ...
,
Ministry of Federal Affairs and General Administration replaced all old
VDCs and Municipalities into 753 new local level bodies.
References
{{Mustang District
Rural municipalities in Mustang District
Rural municipalities of Nepal established in 2017