Kimathanka Explained

Kimathanka
Native Name:किमाथांका
Settlement Type:Village (ward)
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Pushpin Map:Nepal Province1#Nepal
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Pushpin Map Caption:Location in province
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: Nepal
Subdivision Type1:Province
Subdivision Name1:Province No. 1
Subdivision Type2:District
Subdivision Name2:Sankhuwasabha
Subdivision Type3:Rural Municipality
Subdivision Name3:Bhotkhola
Subdivision Type4:Part of (ward)
Subdivision Name4:Ward no. 1
Area Total Km2:13.37
Population As Of:2011
Population Total:368
Population Density Km2:auto
Population Blank1 Title:Ethnicities
Timezone:Nepal Time
Utc Offset:+5:45

Kimathanka is a Village (previously, a village development committee) in Bhotkhola rural municipality of Sankhuwasabha District of Province No. 1, Nepal and serves as the Nepalese counterpart of the Nepal-China (Tibet autonomous region) border at Zhentang (Chentang). At the time of the 1991 census, it had a population of 303 people living in 50 individual households.[1]

Being among the most remote Himalayan villages of Nepal, Kimathanka is also the end point of the in-progress 362 kilometers long Biratnagar-Khandbari-Kimathanka road called Koshi Highway, which plans to connect the village with the provincial headquarter of Biratnagar and subsequently, with the Indian border town of Jogbani.[2] [3] The Arun River runs through the valley below the village. In 2019, road embankment construction on the Chinese side led to fear of potential downstream flooding in Kimathanka.[4] In November 2020, Prime Minister of Nepal KP Sharma Oli visited Kimathanka inspecting the progress of Koshi Highway and other infrastructure projects in the area.[5] [6]

Border

Kimathanka is near the border with Tibet. The border was part of brief dispute between China and Nepal before 1960.[7] The dispute was resolved in their 1961 border agreement.[8] The Chentang township in Tibet is on the other side of the valley. There has been local cross-border trade for decades. It has been sufficiently crucial for the local economy in recent years that in 2008 when Chinese tightened its border control during the Olympics, Kimathanka and the nearby villages faced food shortages due to disruption of the local trade.[9] A Chinese border checkpoint was set up in 2011 checking border crossing permits of Nepalese.[10] In 2015, there were recorded 7700 border crossings and the annual trade at this port was valued at .[11]

Culture

Kimathanka was one of the areas of Nepal that had traditionally practiced polyandry, however that practice is fading.[12] [13]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Nepal Census 2001 . Nepal's Village Development Committees . . 19 November 2008 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20081012163506/http://www.digitalhimalaya.com/collections/nepalcensus/form.php?selection=1 . 12 October 2008 .
  2. Web site: Nepal Army entrusted to build 14km road section of Khadbari-Kimathanka Highway linking China. Rana. Pratik. My Republica. en. 2020-01-22.
  3. Web site: Road to connect China and India in Eastern region nears completion. kathmandupost.com. English. 2020-01-22.
  4. Web site: Chinese construction along the Nepal-Tibet border puts strategic land at risk. Anil. Giri. Dipendra. Shakya. The Kathmandu Post. 13 January 2019. 2 September 2019.
  5. Web site: Koshi highway connecting Nepal, China and India soon: PM Oli. South Asian Monitor. November 12, 2020. 22 November 2020. Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli carried out an onsite visit of Kimathanka border point and North-South highway on Wednesday. On the occasion, he expressed his confidence that India and China would be connected with each other soon. .
  6. Web site: PM Oli to visit Kimathanka on Wednesday. Khabarhub. November 10, 2020. 22 November 2020. Prime Minister’s Press Adviser Surya Thapa said that Prime Minister Oli is visiting Kimathanka to inspect various projects including the Koshi Corridor..
  7. Web site: International Boundary Study - China – Nepal Boundary. Office of the Geographer. 1969-05-30. 2017-02-14. Bureau of Intelligence and Research. 2012-05-03. https://web.archive.org/web/20120503141259/http://www.law.fsu.edu/library/collection/LimitsinSeas/IBS050.pdf.
  8. 中华人民共和国和尼泊尔王国边界条约 . China-Nepal Border Agreement . zh . 1961-10-05.
  9. Web site: China seals border, villages on Nepali side face starvation. Kishor. Budhathoki. The Himalayan Times. 2008-06-04. 2017-02-13. Starvation looms large in the northern parts of Sankhuwasabha district after China closed the Kimathanka check post.
  10. 朋曲：寻访边境线. Pum Qu River: Visiting the border. China Central Television. Yuanfang De Jia. 江河万里行. 136. 2014-11-05. 2017-02-14.
  11. Web site: 藏在喜马拉雅山深处的"桃花源". 周健伟. 林威. 汤阳. Xinhua Daily Telegraph. 2017-02-17. 27 November 2019. zh. 据统计,从2011年-2015年,陈塘通道承担的中尼进出口额由715万元增加到1865万元,贸易量由485吨增加到1265吨,出入境人员由2953人次增加到7700人次,均增长1.61倍。.
  12. Web site: Nepal's Polyandry Tradition: Young Men Don't Want to Share Their Wife With Brothers in Kimathanka. Wagle. Dinesh. October 12, 2002. Wagle Street Journal. 2017-02-28.
  13. Gurung. Juddha Bahadur. 2013-08-25. Rapid Cultural Change: A Case Study of Polyandry Marriage System among the Gurung Community from Upper Mustang, Nepal. Dhaulagiri Journal of Sociology and Anthropology. 6. 75–106. 10.3126/dsaj.v6i0.8480. 1994-2672. free.

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