Key facts
- Country
- Nepal
- Province
- Gandaki Province
- Admin hq
- Pokhara
- Type
- Coordination committee
- Body
- DCC , Kaski
- Chief district officer cdo
- Rudra Dewi Sharma
- Total
- 2,017 km (779 sq mi)
- Density
- 244.0/km (631.9/sq mi)
- Time zone
- UTC+05:45 ( NPT )
- Telephone code
- 061
- Vehicle registration
- GA-
- Website
- www.ddckaski.gov.np/
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- district of Nepal
- Country
- Nepal
- Located in
- Gandaki Province
- Capital
- Pokhara
- Population
- 600051
- Area
- 2017
- Official website
- ddckaski.gov.np
- Image
- Terrace farms in Kaski, with mountains in the background.jpg
- Households
- 160651
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- topic's main category
- Category:Kaski District
- Commons category
- Kaski District
- male population
- 292791
- female population
- 307260
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Encyclopedic overview
Kaski District (Nepali: कास्की जिल्ला, [kaski] ), a part of Gandaki Province, is one of the seventy-seven districts of Nepal. The name is disambiguated from Kaskikot, the ancient Kaski Kingdom.
The district, with Pokhara as its district headquarter, covers an area of 2,017 square km and had a total population of 492,098 according to 2011 Census. This district lies at the centroid point of the country. The altitude of Kaski district ranges from 450 meters the lowest land to 8091 meters the highest point in the Himalaya range. Kaski District politically has One Metropolitan City, 4 Gaupalika and 3 electoral sectors.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Kaski District” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.