Sawa is a
village development committee in the
Himalayas
The Himalayas, or Himalaya (; ; ), is a mountain range in Asia, separating the plains of the Indian subcontinent from the Tibetan Plateau. The range has some of the planet's highest peaks, including the very highest, Mount Everest. Over 10 ...
of
Taplejung District
Taplejung District ( ne, ताप्लेजुङ जिल्ला ) is one of 77 districts of Nepal and one of the 14 districts of Province No. 1. It is remotely located in the Himalayas in Eastern Nepal with Tibet to the north across the ...
in the
Province No. 1 of north-eastern
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 the time of the
2011 Nepal census it had a population of 2,410 people living in 501 individual households.
There were 1,095 males and 1,315 females at the time of census.
Media
To promote local culture Sawa has one FM radio station Radio Tamor - 102 MHz which is a
community radio
Community radio is a radio service offering a third model of radio broadcasting in addition to commercial and public broadcasting. Community stations serve geographic communities and communities of interest. They broadcast content that is popula ...
Station.
References
External links
UN map of the municipalities of Taplejung District
Populated places in Taplejung District
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