Sarangkot is Ward 18 of

Pokhara Pokhara ( ) is a metropolis, metropolitan city located in central Nepal, which serves as the capital of Gandaki Province. Named the country's "capital of tourism" it is the List of cities in Nepal, second largest city after Kathmandu, with 599,5 ...

Kaski District Kaski District (, ), a part of Gandaki Province, is one of the seventy-seven districts of Nepal. The name is disambiguated from Kaskikot, the ancient Kaski Kingdom. The district, with Pokhara as its district headquarter, covers an area of 2,01 ...

Nepal Nepal, officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal, is a landlocked country in South Asia. It is mainly situated in the Himalayas, but also includes parts of the Indo-Gangetic Plain. It borders the Tibet Autonomous Region of China Ch ...

, after it was merged into the city in 2015. It is a popular tourist destination for those who arrive in Pokhara. At the

1991 Nepal census The 1991 Nepal census was a widespread national census conducted by the Nepal Central Bureau of Statistics. Working with Nepal's Village Development Committees at a district level, they recorded data from all the main towns and villages of each ...

it had a total population of 5,060 with 1,010 individual households. The Ward is located on Sarangkot, a hill on the western side of Pokhara with an altitude of 1600m. Sarangkot is known for its panoramic Himalayan views of Dhaulagiri, Annapurna and

Manaslu Manaslu (; , also known as Kutang) is the List of highest mountains#List, eighth-highest mountain in the world at above sea level. It is in the Mansiri Himal, part of the Nepalese Himalayas, in west-central Nepal. Manaslu means "mountain of the ...

. It also provides an expansive view of the city of Pokhara, from the extreme north to the south including Phewa Lake. Tourists drive up the hill to watch the sunrise from the view tower at the top. In recent years, Sarangkot has been called one of the best

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locations in the world. The hike up from the Pokhara Baglung highway at Miruwa to Sarangkot takes 90 minutes to 1.5hours.

Gallery

Pokhara, View of Pokhara Valley, Nepal.jpg, View from Sarangkot Pokhara 2, Nepal.jpg, View from Sarangkot Pokhara, Lake, Nepal.jpg, Pokhara Lake from Sarangkot Pokhara, Annapurna Himal, Machhapuchchhre, Nepal.jpg, Annapurna Himal from Sarangkot Image:Sarankot1.jpg Image:Sarankot2.jpg, Sarankot school Image:Sarankot5.jpg Image:Sarankot6.jpg, Sarankot village Image:Sarankot7.jpg, Traditional houses

References

External links

UN map of the municipalities of Kaski District
Tourism in Nepal Wards of Pokhara {{Kaski-geo-stub