Deukhuri ( ne,
देउखुरी) also known as Deukhuri Valley is a proposed permanent
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 ...
in
Nepal
Nepal (; ne, :ne:नेपाल, नेपाल ), formerly the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal ( ne,
सङ्घीय लोकतान्त्रिक गणतन्त्र नेपाल ), is a landlocked country in S ...
which was decided on 20th of Aswin 2077
BS (October 6, 2020 AD). The temporary capital of Lumbini is in
Butwal
Butwal ( ne, बुटवल), officially Butwal Sub-Metropolitan City ( ne, बुटवल उपमहानगरपालिका), is a sub-metropolitan city and economic hub in Lumbini Province in West Nepal. Butwal has a city population ...
(
Rupandehi District
Rupandehi District ( ne, रुपन्देही जिल्ला; ), a part of Lumbini Province, is one of the seventy-seven districts of Nepal and covers an area of . The district headquarter is Bhairahawa. As per the national census 2011, ...
).
The Dekhuri territory will be formed in the inner terai part of Dang Valley. The capital city will be formed by combining
Rapti Rural Municipality,
Gadhawa Rural Municipality
Gadhawa Rural Municipality (Nepali: गढवा गाउँपालिका sometimes गडवा गाउँपालिका) is located in Deukhuri valley of Dang district of Lumbini Province, Nepal. This rural municipality was declar ...
and
Sitaganga Municipality. The three local level unit currently lies in two different district, i.e.
Dang and
Arghakhanchi District
Arghakhanchi ( ne, अर्घाखाँची जिल्ला ) is one of the districts of Lumbini Province in Nepal. The district headquarter is Sandhikharka. The district covers an area of and has a population (2011) of 197,632. Its ne ...
. The planned city is located on the bank of
Rapti River.
Geography
The Deukhuri Valley ( ne, देउखुरी उपत्यका) is southeast of the Dang Valley and extends about in WNW-ESE direction with a maximum width of .
[Kimura, K. (1998). Geomorphic Development of the Deukhuri Dun, Nepal Sub-Himalaya. The science reports of the Tohoku University, 7th series.] It forms a nearly plain within a drainage basin of . The valley is drained by 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 Karnal ...
. It emerges from its gorge through the Mahabharat Range and flows WNW along the axis of the Siwalik Range between the
Dundwa Range
The Dundwa Range (Hindi and dundwā shrinkhalā) is a subrange of the Sivalik Hills in western Nepal and northern Uttar Pradesh, India. It separates the Outer Terai of Balarampur and Shravasti districts in Uttar Pradesh from Deukhuri Valley ...
along the India border and the Dang subrange to the north. It flows in this direction until the Dundwas fall away near
Banke, and the river can resume flowing SE toward the
Ganges
The Ganges ( ) (in India: Ganga ( ); in Bangladesh: Padma ( )). "The Ganges Basin, known in India as the Ganga and in Bangladesh as the Padma, is an international river to which India, Bangladesh, Nepal and China are the riparian states." is ...
.
The
Mahendra Highway
Mahendra Highway (), also called East-West Highway () runs across the Terai geographical region of Nepal, from Mechinagar in the east to Bhim Datta in the west, cutting across the entire width of the country. It is the longest highway in Nepal ...
passes through the Deukhuri Valley.
Valley is settled by Tharu people, and used as winter pasture by
Kham Magar
The Kham Magars (खाम मगर), also known in scholarship as the Northern Magars, are a Tibeto-Burman language-speaking indigenous ethnic tribal community native to Nepal. In general, Kham Magars refer to themselves using their clan n ...
from the hills.
History and prehistory
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tulsipur_State
References
Nepalese capital cities
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