Khumjung Explained

Khumjung
Native Name:खुम्जुङ
Settlement Type:Neighborhood
Mapsize:300
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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]

History

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.

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References

  1. Web site: The Himalayan . Treks . Khumjung village . Khumjung village.
  2. Web site: National Population and Housing Census 2011 . Village Development Committee/Municipality. Government of Nepal. 2018-05-18 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20081012163506/http://www.digitalhimalaya.com/collections/nepalcensus/form.php?selection=1 . 2008-10-12 .
  3. page 51

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