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Changunarayan () is a municipality in Bhaktapur District in the Bagmati Province of Nepal and is part of the urban agglomeration of the Kathmandu Valley. The municipality was created through the merger of the former Village development committees: Old-Changunarayan, Chhaling, Duwakot, and Jhaukhel in 2014. At the time of the 2011 Nepal census, the predecessors of Changunarayan Municipality had a population of 55,430. In 2017, the municipality of Mahamanjushree Nagarkot was merged into Changunarayan. The municipality is also home to the UNESCO World Heritage Site Changu Narayan temple.

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Settlement.name
Changunarayan
Settlement.native_name
चाँगुनारायण
Settlement.settlement_type
Municipality (नगरपालिका)
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Changunarayan temple 2019.jpg
Settlement.image_caption
Changunarayan Temple
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300px
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Nepal Bagmati Province#Nepal
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bottom
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300
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Location in Nepal
Settlement.subdivision_type
Country
Settlement.subdivision_name
Nepal
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Province
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District
Settlement.subdivision_name1
Bagmati
Settlement.subdivision_name2
Bhaktapur
Settlement.leader_title
Mayor
Settlement.leader_name
Mr. Jeeven Khatri

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Changunarayan () is a municipality in Bhaktapur District in the Bagmati Province of Nepal and is part of the urban agglomeration of the Kathmandu Valley. The municipality was created through the merger of the former Village development committees: Old-Changunarayan, Chhaling, Duwakot, and Jhaukhel in 2014. At the time of the 2011 Nepal census, the predecessors of Changunarayan Municipality had a population of 55,430. In 2017, the municipality of Mahamanjushree Nagarkot was merged into Changunarayan. The municipality is also home to the UNESCO World Heritage Site Changu Narayan temple.

==See also== Changu Narayan

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