Kechana Kawal ( ne, केचना कवल) is a place located in
Kachankawal Rural Municipality (previously,
Kechana
Kechana is a village development committee in Jhapa District in the Province No. 1 of south-eastern Nepal. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census
The 1991 Nepal census was a widespread national census conducted by the Nepal Central Bureau of St ...
VDC) of
Province No. 1 of
Nepal
Nepal (; ne, :ne:नेपाल, नेपाल ), formerly the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal ( ne,
सङ्घीय लोकतान्त्रिक गणतन्त्र नेपाल ), is a landlocked country in S ...
. At an elevation of above sea level, it was declared the lowest point of Nepal previously But according to new survey by the Government of Nepal in 2017 and some other institutions,
Mukhiyapatti Musharniya of
Dhanusha District
Dhanusha District, (; ), a part of Madhesh Province, is one of the seventy-seven districts of Nepal. It is situated in the Outer Terai. The district, with Janakpurdham as its district headquarter, covers an area of and has a population (2021 ...
at 59 metres has been declared the new lowest point of Nepal. On the other hand,
Mount Everest
Mount Everest (; Tibetic languages, Tibetan: ''Chomolungma'' ; ) is List of highest mountains on Earth, Earth's highest mountain above sea level, located in the Mahalangur Himal sub-range of the Himalayas. The China–Nepal border ru ...
, the highest point in Nepal and on Earth, is located in
Khumjung of
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 same province No. 1.
References
http://www.imnepal.com/facts-things-to-know-about-country-nepal/9/
https://www.howderfamily.com/blog/lowest-elevation-in-nepal/
Jhapa District
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