Sarangkot is Ward 18 of
Pokhara,
Kaski District
Kaski District ( ne, कास्की जिल्ला, ), a part of Gandaki Province, is one of the seventy-seven districts of Nepal. The name is disambiguated from Kaskikot, the ancient Kaski Kingdom.
The district, with Pokhara as its d ...
,
Nepal
Nepal (; ne, :ne:नेपाल, नेपाल ), formerly the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal ( ne,
सङ्घीय लोकतान्त्रिक गणतन्त्र नेपाल ), is a landlocked country in S ...
, after it was merged into the city in 2015. It is a popular tourist destination for those who arrive in Pokhara. At 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 total population of 5,060 with 1,010 individual households.
The Ward is located on Sarangkot, a hill on the western side of Pokhara with an altitude of 1600m. Sarangkot is known for panoramic Himalayan views of
Dhaulagiri
Dhaulagiri is the seventh highest mountain in the world at above sea level, and the highest mountain within the borders of a single country (Nepal). It was first climbed on 13 May 1960 by a Swiss-Austrian-Nepali expedition.
Annapurna I () is ...
,
Annapurna
Annapurna (; ne, अन्नपूर्ण) is a mountain situated in the Annapurna mountain range of Gandaki Province, north-central Nepal. It is the tenth highest mountain in the world at above sea level and is well known for the diffic ...
and
Manaslu
Manaslu ( ne, मनास्लु, also known as Kutang; muh-NAA-slu) is the eighth-highest mountain in the world at above sea level. It is in the Mansiri Himal, part of the Nepalese Himalayas, in the west-central part of Nepal. The name Man ...
. It also provides an expansive view of the city of Pokhara, from the extreme north to the south including the
Phewa Lake. Tourists drive up the hill to watch the sunrise from the view tower at the top. In recent years, Sarangkot has been called one of the best
paragliding
Paragliding is the recreational and competitive adventure sport of flying paragliders: lightweight, free-flying, foot-launched glider aircraft with no rigid primary structure. The pilot sits in a harness or lies supine in a cocoon-like 'p ...
locations in the world. The hike up from
Pokhara Baglung highway at
Miruwa to Sarangkot takes 90 minutes to 1.5hours.
Sarangkot has one community FM radio station called
Radio Sarangkot. It broadcasts at 104.6 MHz.
Gallery
Pokhara, View of Pokhara Valley, Nepal.jpg, View from Sarangkot
Pokhara 2, Nepal.jpg, View from Sarangkot
Pokhara, Lake, Nepal.jpg, Pokhara Lake from Sarangkot
Pokhara, Annapurna Himal, Machhapuchchhre, Nepal.jpg, Annapurna Himal from Sarangkot
Image:Sarankot1.jpg
Image:Sarankot2.jpg, Sarankot school
Image:Sarankot5.jpg
Image:Sarankot6.jpg, Sarankot village
Image:Sarankot7.jpg, Traditional houses
References
External links
UN map of the municipalities of Kaski District
Tourism in Nepal
Wards of Pokhara
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