Galyang ( ne, गल्याङ) is a Municipality in
Syangja District
Syangja District ( ne, स्याङ्जा जिल्ला; ), a part of Gandaki Province, is one of the seventy-seven districts of Nepal. The district, with Syangja bazaar (a small town) as its district headquarters, covers an area of ...
in
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 ...
, central
Nepal
Nepal (; ne, :ne:नेपाल, नेपाल ), formerly the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal ( ne,
सङ्घीय लोकतान्त्रिक गणतन्त्र नेपाल ), is a landlocked country in S ...
. On 12 March 2017, the government of Nepal implemented the new local administrative structure consisting of 744 local units. With the implementation of this new local administrative structure, VDCs have been replaced with village councils. Galyang is one of these 744 local municipal units.
Galyang is created by merging Malunga,
Jagatradevi, (1-6,9) Wards of
Pakwadi, (1,6-9) Wards of
Tindobate,
Tulsibhanjyang,
Nibuwakharka,
Pindikhola, Batuwa & (1-4,7-9) Wards of
Pelakot.
Political situation
Galyang is divided into 11
Wards. It is surrounded by
Parbat District
Parbat District ( ne, पर्वत जिल्ला , is a hilly area of Nepal. It is a part of Gandaki Province and one of the seventy-seven districts of Nepal. The district, with Kusma as its district headquarters, covers an area of and ...
on the north,
Chapakot Municipality
Chapakot ( ne, चापाकोट) is a municipality in the southeastern part of Syangja District in Gandaki Province of central Nepal. The new municipality was formed by merging three existing villages—Ratnapur, Gandaki, Ratnapur, Kuwakot, G ...
&
Waling
Waling (वालिङ नगरपालिका) Municipality, the heart of Syangja, is a small valley covered with hills formed on 27 January 1997 by merging of the then three VDCs namely Waling, Dhanubase and Pekhubaaghkhor. It is a town ...
on the east,
Kaligandaki and
Gulmi District
Gulmi District ( ne, गुल्मी जिल्ला), a part of Lumbini Province, is one of the seventy-seven districts of Nepal. The district, with Tamghas as its headquarters, covers an area of , had a population of 296,654 in 2001, 28 ...
one the west and
Palpa District
Palpa District ( ne, पाल्पा जिल्ला, a part of Lumbini Province, is one of the seventy-seven districts of Nepal, a landlocked country of South Asia. The district, with Tansen as its headquarters, covers an area of and ...
on the south.
Jagatradevi is its headquarter.
Population
Galyang is created by merging
Malunga The ''malunga'' is a single-stringed musical bow played by the Siddi of India, who are the descendants of East African immigrants. It produces two tones, an octave apart, and the knuckle of the hand supporting the instrument may be pressed against ...
,
Jagatradevi, (1-6,9) Wards of
Pakwadi, (1,6-9) Wards of
Tindobate,
Tulsibhanjyang,
Nibuwakharka,
Pindikhola & (1-4,7-9) Wards of
Pelakot. The sum population of Galyang, 36,967, is residing in an area of 122.69 km
2.
See also
References
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Municipalities of Syangja District
Syangja District
Municipalities in Gandaki Province