Besisahar
Sign in to saveBesishahar () is a municipality and the district headquarters of Lamjung District in Gandaki Province, Nepal. The Besishahar Municipality was formed by merging the existing Village Development Committees i.e. Besishahar, Gaunshahar, Udipur, Puranakot, Nalma, Chandisthan, Baglungpani (wards no. 3, 4, 7, 8 & 9), Bajhakhet, Hiletaksar (wards no. 9) and Chiti and have 11 wards. This municipality has a sub-tropical climate with deciduous forests. Annapurna II, Machhapuchhre, Lamjung Himal can be viewed from north of Besishahar Municipality.
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Place details
- Locality
- Palase
- Region
- गण्डकी प्रदेश
- Country
- नेपाल
- Population
- 5,427
- Timezone
- Asia/Kathmandu
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Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Besishahar
- Settlement.native_name
- वेसीशहर
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Municipality
- Settlement.image_skyline
- File:Besi Sahar.JPG
- Settlement.image_caption
- Main street of Besishahar Municipality in the morning.
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Nepal Gandaki Province#Nepal
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- bottom
- Settlement.pushpin_mapsize
- 300
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in Nepal
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Province
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- District
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Gandaki Province
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Lamjung District
- Settlement.established_title
- Established
- Settlement.established_date
- 15 May 2014
- Settlement.government_type
- Mayor–council government
- Settlement.leader_title
- Mayor
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Official website
बेसीशहर नगरपालिका, नगरकार्यपालिकाको कार्यालय,गण्डकी प्रदेश
besishaharmun.gov.np →Link to the official site · 40,000 chars · not written by Vinony
Wikidata facts
- Population
- 15442
- Area
- 127.64
- Elevation
- 760
- Official website
- www.besishaharmun.gov.np
- Image
- Besi Sahar.JPG
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- 2014-05-15
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Besishahar () is a municipality and the district headquarters of Lamjung District in Gandaki Province, Nepal. The Besishahar Municipality was formed by merging the existing Village Development Committees i.e. Besishahar, Gaunshahar, Udipur, Puranakot, Nalma, Chandisthan, Baglungpani (wards no. 3, 4, 7, 8 & 9), Bajhakhet, Hiletaksar (wards no. 9) and Chiti and have 11 wards. This municipality has a sub-tropical climate with deciduous forests. Annapurna II, Machhapuchhre, Lamjung Himal can be viewed from north of Besishahar Municipality.
==Population== At the time of the 2024 Annual Municipal Development Plan 2081/82 it had a population of 44,598 including Besishahar, Gaunshahar, Udipur, Chiti, Baglungpani, Bajhakhet and Chandisthan. The population of the municipality declined to 38,232 at the 2021 Nepal census. 99.5% of the residents were Nepali citizens and 81.2% were literate in 2021.
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