Key facts
- Country
- Nepal
- Province
- Gandaki Province
- Admin hq
- Besisahar
- Type
- Coordination committee
- Body
- DCC , Lamjung
- Total
- 1,692 km (653 sq mi)
- Density
- 99.13/km (256.7/sq mi)
- Time zone
- UTC+05:45 ( NPT )
- Telephone code
- 066
- Main language s
- Nepali , Gurung , Magar , Dura
- Website
- Official website
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
Lamjung District (Nepali: लमजुङ जिल्ला [ˈlʌmd͡zuŋ] ), a part of Gandaki Province, is one of the seventy-seven districts of Nepal. The district, with Besisahar as its district headquarters, covers an area of 1,692 square kilometres (653 sq mi) and as of 2011 had a population of 167,724. lies in the mid-hills of Nepal spanning tropical to trans-Himalayan geo-ecological belts, including the geographical midpoint of the country (i.e., Duipipal). It has mixed habitation of castes and ethnicities. It is host to probably the highest density of the Gurung ethnic population in the country.
Popular Media in Lamjung Includes Mero Lamjung, Radio Chautari, Aantaranga Saptahik, Radio Marsyangdi, Radio Lamjung, etc.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Lamjung District” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.