Namkha ( ne, नाम्खा) is the largest

rural municipality A rural municipality is a classification of municipality, a type of local government, found in several countries. These include: * Rural municipality (Canada), Rural municipalities in Canada, a Lists of municipalities in Canada, type of municipa ...

(by area) of

Nepal Nepal (; ne, नेपाल ), formerly the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal ( ne, सङ्घीय लोकतान्त्रिक गणतन्त्र नेपाल ), is a landlocked country in South Asia. It is mai ...

located in

Humla District Humla District ( ne, हुम्ला जिल्ला), a part of Karnali Province, is one of the seventy-seven districts of Nepal. The district, with Simikot as its district headquarters, covers an area of and has population of 50,858 as ...

Karnali Province Karnali Province ( ne, कर्णाली प्रदेश) is one of the seven federal provinces of Nepal formed by the new constitution which was adopted on 20 September 2015. The total area of the province is covering 18.97% of the cou ...

. The total area of the rural municipality is and total population is 3900 individuals (as of

2011 Nepal census Nepal conducted a widespread national census in 2011 by the Nepal Central Bureau of Statistics. Working with the 58 municipalities and the 3915 Village Development Committees at a district level, they recorded data from all the municipalities an ...

) only. The rural municipality is divided into 6 wards. The rural municipality was established on 10 March 2017, when

Government of Nepal The Government of Nepal ( ne, नेपाल सरकार) is the federal executive authority of Nepal. Prior to the abolition of the Nepali monarchy in 2006 (became republic in 2008), it was officially known as His Majesty's Government. T ...

restricted all old administrative structure ( Village development committee) and announced 744 local level units (although the number increased to 753 later) as per the new

constitution of Nepal 2015 Constitution of Nepal 2015 ( ne, नेपालको संविधान २०७२) is the present governing Constitution of Nepal. Nepal is governed according to the Constitution which came into effect on 20 September 2015, replacing the ...

Hepka Hepka is a village and ward council of Namkha, Nepal, Namkha rural municipality in Humla District in the Karnali Province of north-western Nepal. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census it had a population of 977 persons living in 159 individual house ...

Khagalgaun Khagalgaun is a village and municipality in Humla District in the Karnali Zone of north-western 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 Statistics ...

Muchu Muchu is a village in Namkha rural municipality in Humla District in the Karnali Province of north-western Nepal. Previously Muchu was a separate Village Development Committee which merged with other neighbouring villages and restructured as Namk ...

and

Limi Limi Valley is a high-altitude valley that forms the northernmost part of the Humla District of north-western Nepal. To its north, the Limi valley borders the Purang County of Tibet, China. Administrative Limi is a ward council of the Namkha ru ...

Village development committees were incorporated to form this new rural municipality. The headquarters of the municipality is situated at Yalwang. LimiRout

Namkha RM is located in the most North-west part of Nepal in

. It is surrounded by

Tibet Tibet (; ''Böd''; ) is a region in East Asia, covering much of the Tibetan Plateau and spanning about . It is the traditional homeland of the Tibetan people. Also resident on the plateau are some other ethnic groups such as Monpa people, ...

(China) from North and West. Geographically Namkha is a difficult terrain which is also an isolated region which is still not connected by road with District headquarter

Simikot Simikot is the administrative headquarters of Humla District of Karnali Zone in the mountain region of northwestern Nepal. Significance Lying at an altitude of just over 2,900m on a gentle slope high above the Humla Karnali River, Simikot lies ...

. It is totally located on

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 100 ...

. Some villages of

is located across the himalayas. The region is known for

Trekking Backpacking is the outdoor recreation of carrying gear on one's back, while hiking for more than a day. It is often an extended journey, and may involve camping outdoors. In North America tenting is common, where simple shelters and mountain h ...

. There is trekking route connecting

and Yalwang. Txu-oclc-10552568-nh44-7

References

External links

* http://www.namkhamun.gov.np/ *https://www.citypopulation.de/php/nepal-mun-admin.php?adm2id=6604 {{Humla District Populated places in Humla District Rural municipalities in Karnali Province Rural municipalities of Nepal established in 2017