Kohalpur
कोह Kolpur | |
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| Kohalpur Municipality | |
 Roundabout at Kohalpur Chowk (2019) | |
  Kohalpur Location in Lumbini Province  Kohalpur Kohalpur (Nepal) | |
| Coordinates: 28°11′55″N 81°41′28″E / 28.19861°N 81.69111°E | |
| Country |  Nepal |
| Province | Lumbini |
| District | Banke |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Purna Acharya (NC) |
| • Deputy Mayor | Sangita Subedi (NC) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 685 km2 (264 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[1] | |
| • Total | 100,289 |
| • Density | 150/km2 (380/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+5:45 (NST) |
| Postal code | 21904 |
| Area code | 081 |
| Website | www.kohalpurmun.gov.np |
Kohalpur (Nepali: कोहलपुर) is a municipality in Banke District of Lumbini province of Nepal.[2] The municipality was established on 18 May 2014 merging the existing two Village Development Committees i.e. Rajhena and Kohalpur. The town is in East-West highway and one of the fastest developing places in Nepal. A neighboring city Nepalgunj is on South (16 km [9.9 mi]), with Ghorahi city (135 km [84 mi]) to west in Dang District and towards south further 6 km (3.7 mi) is the Indian border. In fact it is a growing city in the western region of Nepal. It has a junction to diverse the roadway transport to east, west, north and south from the city.
It is accessible by air (Nepalgunj Airport) and by road (535 km [332 mi] west of Kathmandu).
- ^ City population
- ^ Gaviria, G., Lee, J., Ospina, P., Soloman, S. and Suharyanto I. (2012). 'Kohalpur: strategic transition from VDC to municipality and potentials for sustainable growth along a strategic highway junction', in Urban Management 2012 Applied Research Project: Four Case Studies in Nepal. Berlin: Technische Universitat Berlin.
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