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Ngawal (Nawal) is a village development committee in Manang District in the Gandaki Zone of northern Nepal. At the time of the 2011 Nepal census it had a population of 274. Ngawal VDC is one of the Seven Village Development Committee in Upper Manang. One of the main attraction of this village is a centuries-old cave of Guru Rinpoche that is on the hills overlooking Ngawal village. The local people believes the cave leads to Mustang. And a monastery in Tibetan Nyingma pa sect which is called Portoche Monastery.

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Settlement.name
Ngawal
Settlement.other_name
Nawal
Settlement.native_name
नावल
Settlement.nickname
Pongpa (Nyeshang)
Settlement.settlement_type
Village development committee
Settlement.image_skyline
Ngawal, Manang, Nepal.jpg
Settlement.image_caption
Ngawal
Settlement.pushpin_map
Nepal Gandaki Province#Nepal
Settlement.pushpin_label_position
bottom
Settlement.pushpin_mapsize
300
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
Location in Nepal
Settlement.subdivision_type
Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1
Zone
Settlement.subdivision_name1
Gandaki Zone
Settlement.subdivision_type2
District
Settlement.subdivision_name2
Manang District
Settlement.population_as_of
2011
Settlement.population_total
274

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Ngawal (Nawal) is a village development committee in Manang District in the Gandaki Zone of northern Nepal. At the time of the 2011 Nepal census it had a population of 274. Ngawal VDC is one of the Seven Village Development Committee in Upper Manang. One of the main attraction of this village is a centuries-old cave of Guru Rinpoche that is on the hills overlooking Ngawal village. The local people believes the cave leads to Mustang. And a monastery in Tibetan Nyingma pa sect which is called Portoche Monastery.

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

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