Official Name: | Dunai |
Native Name: | दुनै |
Settlement Type: | Village of Thuli Bheri Municipality and Hill Station |
Pushpin Map: | Nepal |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
Pushpin Mapsize: | 300 |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Nepal |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Nepal |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Name1: | Karnali Province |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Subdivision Name2: | Dolpa District |
Population As Of: | 1991 |
Population Total: | 1773 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Population Blank1 Title: | Ethnicity |
Population Blank2 Title: | Religions |
Timezone: | NST |
Utc Offset: | +5:45 |
Coordinates: | 28.9333°N 136°W |
Elevation M: | 2,000 |
Blank Name: | Climate |
Blank Info: | Cwb |
Dunai is a village and former Village Development Committee that is now part of Thuli Bheri Municipality in Nepal. Dunai is also the district headquarters of Dolpa District. The town on the banks of the Thuli Bheri River resides at about 2000m (7,000feet) elevation.
The 1991 Nepal census counted 1,773 persons in 334 households.[1]
Dolpa Airport lies in Juphal, another village of Thuli Bheri and offers flights to Nepalgunj.[2]
In education, there is the Dolpa Campus affiliated with Tribhuvan University, one high school: Sarswoti Higher Secondary School affiliated with HSEB, and the Dunai Community Library which is a community learning center.
There is one hospital: the 15-bed Dolpa District Hospital.
Dunai has one FM radio station: Radio Dolpa 101.4 MHz which is a community radio station.