Panchkhapan ( ne, पाँचखप्पन) is an urban municipality out of five urban municipalities of
Sankhuwasabha District in
Province No. 1
Province No. 1 (proposed names: Kirat Autonomous State, Kirat, Limbuwan, Khambuwan Rashtriya Morcha, Nepal, Khambuwan, Mount Everest, Sagarmatha, Virata, Birat and Koshi River, Koshi) is the easternmost of the seven Provinces of Nepal, province ...
of
Nepal. It lies on 87°12'12" E to 87°26'45" E Longitude and 27°17'37.4" N to 27°24'38" N Latitude. The municipality was established on 3 March 2017 merging former
VDCs:
Syabun
Syabun ( new, स्यबुं) is a village development committee in Sankhuwasabha District in the Kosi Zone of north-eastern Nepal. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census
The 1991 Nepal census was a widespread national census conducted by the ...
,
Jaljala and
Wana. The area of the municipality is 148.03KM
2 and according to 2011 census of Nepal the population of the municipality is 17,521.
The municipality is surrounded by
Taplejung District in east,
Savapokhari in north,
Khandbari in north-west and west and
Chainpur in south.
References
Populated places in Sankhuwasabha District
Municipalities in Province No. 1
Nepal municipalities established in 2017
Municipalities in Sankhuwasabha District
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