Baku, Nepal | |
Native Name: | बाकु |
Settlement Type: | Village development committee |
Pushpin Map: | Nepal |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
Pushpin Mapsize: | 300 |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Nepal |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Nepal |
Subdivision Type1: | Zone |
Subdivision Name1: | Sagarmatha Zone |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Subdivision Name2: | Solukhumbu District |
Population As Of: | 2011 |
Population Total: | 4844 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Population Blank1 Title: | Ethnicities |
Timezone: | Nepal Time |
Utc Offset: | +5:45 |
Coordinates: | 27.54°N 86.74°W |
Baku is a village development committee (VDC) in Solukhumbu District in the Sagarmatha Zone of north-eastern Nepal. Baku lies in the Himalaya, 59 km South of Mount Everest and is bordered by the valleys of the Dudh Kosi River (West) and Hinku Drangka River (East). At the time of the 1991 Nepal census it had a population of 4159 people living in 777 individual households.[1] At the time of the 2011 census, the population of the VDC Baku was 4844 inhabitants (2380 male) in 963 individual households.[2]
Baku consists of several settlements and hamlets.[3] The most important ones are: