Official Name: | Ghalegaun |
Native Name: | घलेगाउँ |
Settlement Type: | Hill Station |
Mapsize: | 300 |
Pushpin Map: | Nepal Gandaki Province#Nepal |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Nepal |
Pushpin Mapsize: | 300 |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Number 4 |
Subdivision Name1: | Federal State |
Subdivision Type2: | Zone |
Subdivision Name2: | Gandaki Zone |
Subdivision Type3: | District |
Subdivision Name3: | Lamjung District |
Population Blank1 Title: | Ethnics group |
Population Blank1: | Gurung |
Population Blank2 Title: | Religions |
Population Blank2: | Hinduism Buddhism |
Utc Offset: | +5:45 |
Coordinates: | 28.4639°N 84.5056°W |
Elevation Max M: | 2100 |
Ghalegaun (Nepali: घलेगाउँ), or Ghale Gaun,[1] is popular scenic tourist destination with an elevation of 2,100 metres above sea level in Lamjung District. Ghalegaun is also known as Asia's model tourism village. It lies in kwholasothar rural Municipality of Nepal.[2] The village is situated at approximately 108 km northwest of Kathmandu and 12.5 km northeast of Pokhara, Nepal.[3] [4] [5] [6] [7] The beautiful tourist village is surrounded by Annapurna Circuit. The SAARC Village Tourism Museum is one of the attraction of Ghalegaun which is inaugurated by Bidhya Devi Bhandari in 2017.[8]
The site visitors are increasing day by day and the village is developed as a model touristic destinations in SAARC countries.[9] [10]