Gokyo

Gokyo is a small village in Solukhumbu District in the Himalayas of Nepal, at the foot of Gokyo Ri, located on the eastern shore of the third Gokyo Lake, Dudh Pokhari. To the southeast is the village of Chharchung. Gokyo is best viewed on Google Earth at .

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Place details

Locality: खुम्बु पासाङल्हामु गाउँपालिका
Region: कोशी प्रदेश
Country: नेपाल
Population: 0

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Key facts

Settlement.name: Gokyo
Settlement.native_name: गोक्यो
Settlement.settlement_type: Village
Settlement.image_skyline: Gokyo Ri-30-Gokyo-2007-gje.jpg
Settlement.image_caption: Gokyo
Settlement.pushpin_map: Nepal
Settlement.pushpin_label_position: bottom
Settlement.pushpin_mapsize: 300
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption: Location in Nepal
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_name: Nepal
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Zone
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Sagarmatha Zone
Settlement.subdivision_type2: District
Settlement.subdivision_name2: Solukhumbu District
Settlement.subdivision_type3: VDC
Settlement.subdivision_name3: Khumjung
Settlement.population_as_of: 1991

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: human settlement
Part of: Khumbu
Country: Nepal
Located in: Solukhumbu District
Elevation: 4750
Time zone: UTC+05:45
Image: Gokyo, Ngozumpa Glacier, Nepal, Himalayas.jpg

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located in protected area: Sagarmatha National Park
Commons category: Gokyo

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Located at an elevation of , the village is one of the highest settlements in Nepal and in the world. Almost all the buildings are guest houses for trekkers. The people who live in the village leave during the winter and move to other (lower) villages, or Kathmandu.

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