Khumjung | |
Native Name: | खुम्जुङ |
Settlement Type: | Neighborhood |
Mapsize: | 300 |
Pushpin Map: | Nepal Province1#Nepal |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
Pushpin Mapsize: | 300 |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Province |
Coordinates: | 27.8167°N 129°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Subdivision Name1: | Province No. 1 |
Subdivision Name2: | Solukhumbu |
Subdivision Type3: | Rural Municipality |
Subdivision Name3: | Khumbu Pasanglhamu |
Subdivision Type4: | Located at |
Subdivision Name4: | ward no. 4 |
Elevation M: | 3,790 |
Population Total: | 1912 |
Population As Of: | 2011 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Population Blank1 Title: | Ethnicities |
Area Code: | 038 |
Timezone: | Nepal Time |
Utc Offset: | +5:45 |
Khumjung (Nepali: खुम्जुंग) is a village in Khumbu Pasanglhamu rural municipality of Solukhumbu District in Province No. 1 of north-eastern Nepal. It is located in the Khumbu sub-region inside Sagarmatha National Park, a world heritage site. The village lies at an elevation of 3,790 metres above sea level, near Mount Khumbila. Khumjung village is only 1.5 kilometres away from the Namche Bazaar, which is the largest market in the Everest Region. [1]
A monastery in Khumjung has a purported Yeti scalp. This village has modern communications such as the Internet and mobile and landline phones.
The village is the seat of ward no. 4, which include Kunde, Khumjung, Tengboche (Tyangboche), Pangboche, Pheriche, Dole, Chharchung, Machhermo, Lobuche, Dingboche, and Gokyo. As of 2011, it had a population of 1,912 people living in 551 individual households.[2]
Khumjung school was built by Sir Edmund Hillary's Himalayan Trust in 1961. The school began with two classrooms but now caters to pre-school, primary and secondary sections with over 350 students.[3]
Khumjung was a separate Village development committee in Solukhumbu District of Sagarmatha Zone of EDR in Nepal during Kingdom of Nepal. With new administrative structure on 10 March 2017, it became part of Khumbu Pasanglhamu rural municipality.