Official Name: | Samagaun |
Native Name: | सामागाउँ |
Settlement Type: | Village development committee |
Pushpin Map: | Nepal Gandaki Province#Nepal |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
Pushpin Mapsize: | 300 |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Nepal |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Nepal |
Subdivision Type1: | Zone |
Subdivision Name1: | Gandaki Zone |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Subdivision Name2: | Gorkha District |
Population As Of: | 1991 |
Population Total: | 665 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Population Blank1 Title: | Ethnicities |
Population Blank2 Title: | Religions |
Timezone: | Nepal Time |
Utc Offset: | +5:45 |
Coordinates: | 28.64°N 84.61°W |
Samagaun is a village development committee in Gorkha District in the Gandaki Zone of northern-central Nepal. The village is located at an altitude between 3530 m and 3800m, making it the highest-located large settlement in the Manaslu Mountain Area. [1] At the time of the 1991 Nepal census, it had a population of 665 and had 179 houses in the village. 100% of this population are followers of Buddhism.[2]
Samagaun village falls within the Manaslu Circuit Trek and is regarded as the last stop for trekkers before Birendra Lake and Manaslu Base Camp.[3]