Solududhkunda ( ne, सोलुदुधकुण्ड नगरपालिका) (earlier:Dudhkunda) is the only 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 Khumb ...
. Located in
Province No. 1 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 ma ...
. The town of Salleri, which is located within the municipality is the headquarter 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 Khumb ...
It was formed in 2014 by merging four
VDCs:
Salleri,
Garma,
Loding Tamakhani and
Beni and was divided into 9 wards. Total area of the municipality had and population of municipality had 20,399 individuals living in 5,368 households (
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 ...
).
[
In March 2017, restructuring of local level units in Nepal brought some changing in area and population. More VDCs added to the municipality: Takasindu, Kerung, Gorakhani and Tapting. After adding more VDCs to the municipality, total area of the municipality increased to and population increased to 20,399 people.][
Tingla VDC was added again to this municipality on 26 February 2018 and finally the total area of this municipality became and population became 24,323 people.]
Etymology
Solududhkunda is a combination of two words "Solu" and "Dudhkunda". "Solu" is a river which flows in this region and "Dudhkunda" is a lake located east of Solu river. The municipality has gain her name on river and lake which are famous in this region.
Salleri
Salleri is the main town or centre of Solududhkunda Municipality. It was a separate local level rural unit before 2014. According to the 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 ...
it had total population of 6,590 individuals living in 1,682 households.
Salleri is now divided into three wards. Ward no. 4, 5 and 6 of Solududhkunda Municipality were part of Salleri Village development committee. Headquarters of Solududhkunda municipality is situated at ward no. 5.
Media
To promote local culture, Solududhkunda Municipality has two 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 popul ...
stations Radio Dudhkoshi (94.6 MHz) and Solu FM (101.2 MHz) and Himal FM.
Transportation
Most parts of Dudhkunda municipality have access to local roads. Phaplu Airport is located in Phaplu in the northern part of the municipality.
References
External links
Official website of Solududhkunda municipalityDistrict Corrected Last for RAJAPATRADetails of the local level bodies
Populated places in Solukhumbu District
Municipalities in Province No. 1
Nepal municipalities established in 2014
Municipalities in Solukhumbu District
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