Shambhunath Explained

Shambhunath
Native Name:शंभूनाथ नगरपालिका
Settlement Type:Municipality
Mapsize:300px
Pushpin Map:Nepal Madhesh Province#Nepal
Pushpin Label Position:left
Pushpin Mapsize:300
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Madhesh Province
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: Nepal
Subdivision Type1:Zone
Subdivision Name1:Sagarmatha
Subdivision Type2:District
Subdivision Name2:Saptari
Leader Title:Mayor
Leader Name:Jitendra Prasad Gupta Kalwar (CPN (US))
Leader Title1:Deputy Mayor
Leader Name1:Anita Kumari Chaudhary (CPN (US))
Area Total Km2:108.71
Population As Of:2011
Population Total:38,018
Population Density Km2:auto
Population Blank1 Title:Ethnicities
Timezone:NST
Utc Offset:+5:45
Coordinates:26.63°N 86.67°W
Website:www.shambhunathmun.gov.np

Shambhunath Municipality is a Town in Saptari District in the Sagarmatha Zone of south-eastern Nepal. Merging the existing Khoksar Parbaha, Shambhunath, Mohanpur, Bhangha, Basbalpur and Rampur Jamuwa village development committee this new municipality was formed on 18 May 2014.[1] [2] Kathauna Bazar is now finally head office of this new municipality . At the time of the 1991 Nepal census it had a population of 5168 people living in 933 individual households.[3]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: 72 new municipalities announced. My Republica.com. 10 June 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140618191026/http://www.myrepublica.com/portal/index.php?action=news_details&news_id=74336. 18 June 2014. live.
  2. Web site: Government announces 72 new municipalities. The Kathmandu Post. 10 June 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20141006084717/http://www.ekantipur.com/the-kathmandu-post/2014/05/08/news/govt-announces-72-new-municipalities/262559.html. 6 October 2014. live.
  3. Web site: Nepal Census 2001. Nepal's Village Development Committees. Digital Himalaya. 22 November 2008. https://web.archive.org/web/20081012163506/http://www.digitalhimalaya.com/collections/nepalcensus/form.php?selection=1. 12 October 2008. live.