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Khumjung ( ne, खुम्जुंग) is a village in
Khumbu Pasanglhamu Khumbu Pasanglhamu ( ne, खुम्बु पासाङल्हामु गाउँपालिका) is a rural municipality (Gaunpalika) out of 7 rural municipalities located at Solukhumbu district of Province No. 1 of Nepal. Khumjung ...
rural municipality 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 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 ...
. It is located in the
Khumbu Khumbu (also known as the Everest Region) is a region of northeastern Nepal on the Nepalese side of Mount Everest. It is part of the Solukhumbu District, which in turn is part of Province No. 1.Bradley, Mayhew; "Trekking in the Nepal Himalaya"; ( ...
subregion inside
Sagarmatha National Park Sagarmāthā National Park is a national park in the Himalayas of eastern Nepal that is dominated by Mount Everest. It encompasses an area of in the Solukhumbu District and ranges in elevation from at the summit of Mount Everest. In the north, ...
, a world heritage site. The village is at an elevation of 3,790 metres above sea level, and is situated near Mount Khumbila. A
monastery A monastery is a building or complex of buildings comprising the domestic quarters and workplaces of monastics, monks or nuns, whether living in communities or alone ( hermits). A monastery generally includes a place reserved for prayer whi ...
in Khumjung has a purported
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scalp The scalp is the anatomical area bordered by the human face at the front, and by the neck at the sides and back. Structure The scalp is usually described as having five layers, which can conveniently be remembered as a mnemonic: * S: The ski ...
. This village has modern communications such as the internet and mobile and landline phones. The village is the seat of ward no. 4, which include Kunde, Khumjung,
Tengboche Tengboche (or Thyangboche) is a village in Khumbu Pasanglhamu rural municipality in the Khumbu subregion of Province No. 1 in Nepal, located at . In the village is an important Buddhist monastery, Tengboche Monastery, which is the largest gompa ...
(Tyangboche),
Pangboche Pangboche or Panboche is a village in Khumjung VDC of Solukhumbu District in Province No. 1 of Nepal at an altitude of . It is located high in the Himalaya in the Imja Khole valley, about 3 kilometres northeast of Tengboche and is a base camp fo ...
,
Pheriche Pheriche ( ne, फेरिचे) is a village in the Khumbu region of eastern Nepal. Situated at an altitude of about ,
,
Dole Dole may refer to: Places * Dole, Ceredigion, Wales * Dole, Idrija, Slovenia * Dole, Jura, France ** Arrondissement of Dole * Dole (Kladanj), a village at the entity line of Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina-Republika Srpska * Dole, Ljubušk ...
, Chharchung, Machhermo,
Lobuche Lobuche (also spelt Lobuje) is a Nepalese mountain which lies close to the Khumbu Glacier and the settlement of Lobuche. There are two main peaks, Lobuche East and Lobuche West. A permit to climb the mountain is required from the Nepal Mounta ...
,
Dingboche Dingboche (दिङबोचे) is a Sherpa village in the Khumbu region of north eastern Nepal in the Chukhung Valley. Its population was estimated at approximately 200 in 2011. It is situated at an altitude of . Tourism Dingboche is a pop ...
, and
Gokyo Gokyo is a small village in Solukhumbu District in the Himalayas of Nepal, at the foot of Gokyo Ri and located on the eastern shore of the third Gokyo Lake, Dudh Pokhari. Gokyo Cho (Dudh Pokhari). The village is located at an elevation of , m ...
. As of 2011, it had a population of 1912 people living in 551 individual households. Khumjung school was built by Sir
Edmund Hillary Sir Edmund Percival Hillary (20 July 1919 – 11 January 2008) was a New Zealand mountaineer, explorer, and philanthropist. On 29 May 1953, Hillary and Sherpa mountaineer Tenzing Norgay became the first climbers confirmed to have reache ...
's
Himalayan Trust The Himalayan Trust is an international non-profit humanitarian organisation first established in the 1960s by Sir Edmund Hillary, who led the trust until his death in 2008. The Himalayan Trust aims to improve the health, education and general wel ...
in 1961. The school began as two classrooms but now caters for pre-school, primary and secondary sections with over 350 students. page 51


History

Khumjung was a separate Village development committee in
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. ...
of Sagarmatha Zone of EDR in
Nepal Nepal (; ne, :ne:नेपाल, नेपाल ), formerly the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal ( ne, सङ्घीय लोकतान्त्रिक गणतन्त्र नेपाल ), is a landlocked country in S ...
during
Kingdom of Nepal The Kingdom of Nepal ( ne, नेपाल अधिराज्य), also known as the Gorkha Empire ( ne, गोरखा अधिराज्य) or Asal Hindustan ( ne, असल हिन्दुस्तान)(), was a Hindu king ...
. With new administrative structure on 10 March 2017, it became part of
Khumbu Pasanglhamu Khumbu Pasanglhamu ( ne, खुम्बु पासाङल्हामु गाउँपालिका) is a rural municipality (Gaunpalika) out of 7 rural municipalities located at Solukhumbu district of Province No. 1 of Nepal. Khumjung ...
rural municipality.


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Image:Khumjung and Khumbila.jpg, Khumjung village and Mount Khumbila Image:Khumjung.jpg, Khumjung village Image:Yetiscalp.JPG, Purported
Yeti The Yeti ()"Yeti"
''
scalp The scalp is the anatomical area bordered by the human face at the front, and by the neck at the sides and back. Structure The scalp is usually described as having five layers, which can conveniently be remembered as a mnemonic: * S: The ski ...
at Khumjung
monastery A monastery is a building or complex of buildings comprising the domestic quarters and workplaces of monastics, monks or nuns, whether living in communities or alone ( hermits). A monastery generally includes a place reserved for prayer whi ...

Phakding-16-Strassenszene-2007-gje.jpg, Phakding Jorsale-06-Dudh Koshi-2007-gje.jpg, Jorsale Dhole-08-Yaks am Morgen-2007-gje.jpg, Dhole Machhermo-38-Lodge-2007-gje.jpg, Machhermo Thangna-14-2007-gje.jpg, Thangna Chhukung-154-Nachbarhof-Yak-2007-gje.jpg, Chhukung Deboche-24-Frauenkloster-Mani-Steine-2007-gje.jpg, Deboche Tengboche-20-Tor-Ama Dablam-2007-gje.jpg, Tengboche


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External links


UN map of the municipalities of Solukhumbu District
Populated places in Solukhumbu District Khumbu Pasanglhamu {{Solukhumbu-geo-stub