Gandaki Zone
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Key facts
- Country
- Nepal
- Time zone
- UTC+5:45 ( Nepal Time )
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Wikidata facts
- Named after
- Gandaki River
- Country
- Nepal
- Located in
- Western Development Region
- Capital
- Pokhara
- Area
- 12275
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- Gandaki Zone
- topic's main category
- Category:Gandaki Zone
- dissolved, abolished or demolished date
- 2015-09-20
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Encyclopedic overview
Gandaki zone (Nepali: गण्डकी अञ्चलListen) was one of the fourteen zones of Nepal, located in the Western Development Region. It was named Sapta Gandaki after the seven tributaries (Kali Gandaki, Trishuli, Budhi Gandaki, Marsyangdi, Madi, Seti Gandaki, and Daraundi) that make up the Gandaki River. Pokhara served as its regional and zonal headquarter. It was also the birthplace of Bhanubhakta Acharya, first poet of Nepal.
The Gandaki Zone was home to multiple cultures which are unique in themselves. Some, like the Magar and Gurung, have attained fame much like the Gurkha people.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Gandaki Zone” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.