Pangboche Explained

Pangboche
Native Name:पाङ्बोचे
Settlement Type:Village
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:Province No. 1
Subdivision Type2:Zone
Subdivision Name2:Sagarmatha Zone
Subdivision Type3:District
Subdivision Name3:Solukhumbu District
Subdivision Type4:Area
Subdivision Name4:Khumjung
Population As Of:1991
Population Density Km2:auto
Population Blank1 Title:Ethnicities
Timezone:NST
Utc Offset:+5:45
Coordinates:27.85°N 134°W
Elevation M:3,985

Pangboche or Panboche is a village in Khumjung Village Development Committee of Solukhumbu District in Province No. 1 of Nepal at an altitude of .[1] It is located high in the Himalayas in the Imja Khole valley, about 3 kilometres northeast of Tengboche and is a base camp for climbing the nearby Ama Dablam and trekking. It contains a monastery, famed for its purported yeti scalp and hand, the latter of which was stolen.[2] The village is inhabited mainly by Sherpas, and Sungdare Sherpa, a native of the village, held the record for summiting Everest five times in the Sherpa climbing history and in the world history of mountaineering in 1989.[3] The Pangboche school was built by Sir Edmund Hillary's Himalayan Trust in 1963. North of the village is the Dughla lake and pass.

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  1. Book: Deutschle, Phil. The Two-Year Mountain: A Nepal Journey. 13 May 2012. 1 May 2012. Bradt Travel Guides. 978-1-84162-385-6. 107.
  2. Book: Paris match. 13 May 2012. April 1973.
  3. Book: Kunwar, Ramesh Raj. Fire of Himal: an anthropological study of the Sherpas of Nepal Himalayan region. 13 May 2012. 1989. Nirala Publications. 100.