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Dolpa District

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Also known as Dolpa

district of Nepal

Key facts

Country
Nepal
Province
Karnali Province
Admin hq
Dunai ( Thuli Bheri )
Municipality
List Urban Thuli Bheri Tripurasundari Rural Dolpo Buddha She Phoksundo Jagadulla Mudkechula Kaike Chharka Tangsong
Type
Coordination committee
Body
DCC , Dolpa
Head
Sher Bahadur Buda (CPN-UML)
Parliamentary constituencies
Dolpa 1
Provincial constituencies
Dolpa 1(A) &, Dolpa 1(B)
Total
7,889 km (3,046 sq mi)
Rank
1st
Density
4.65/km (12.0/sq mi)
Ethnic groups
Chhetri , Magar , Dolpo, Kami, Gurung, Thakuri
Female
50%
Literacy
53%
Time zone
UTC+05:45 ( NPT )
Main language s
Nepali
Major highways
Kali Gandaki Corridor

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Encyclopedic overview

Dolpa District (Nepali: डोल्पा जिल्लाListen), is a district, located in Karnali Province of Nepal, It is one of the seventy-seven districts of Nepal and one of the ten districts of Karnali. The district, with Dunai as its district headquarters, covers an area of 7,889 km (3,046 sq mi) and has a population (2023) of 43,000. Dolpa is the largest district of Nepal in terms of area.

Geography and climate

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Dolpa District” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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