Namche Bazaar

Namche Bazaar
नाम्चे बजार
Namche Bazaar with Kongde Ri peak in the background.
Namche Bazaar with Kongde Ri peak in the background.
Nickname: 
The Sherpa capital
Namche Bazaar is located in Koshi Province
Namche Bazaar
Namche Bazaar
Location in Province No. 1
Namche Bazaar is located in Nepal
Namche Bazaar
Namche Bazaar
Namche Bazaar (Nepal)
Coordinates: 27°49′N 86°43′E / 27.817°N 86.717°E / 27.817; 86.717
CountryNepal
ProvinceKoshi Province
DistrictSolukhumbu District
Rural MunicipalityKhumbu Pasanglhamu
Elevation
3,440 m (11,290 ft)
Population
 (2001)
 • Total1,647
Time zoneUTC+5:45 (NST)
Postal code
56002
Area code038
Namche Bazaar at Night

Namche Bazaar (also Namche Bazar, Nemche Bazaar or Namche Baza; Nepali: नाम्चे बजार listen) is a town (formally Namche Village Development Committee) in Khumbu Pasanglhamu Rural Municipality in Solukhumbu District of Koshi Province in northeastern Nepal. It is located within the Khumbu area at 3,440 metres (11,286 ft) at its low point, populating the sides of a hill. Most Sherpa in the tourism business hail from the Namche area. Namche is the main trading center and hub for the Khumbu region.

At the 2001 census, it had a population of 1,647 people living in 397 individual households.[1]

  1. ^ "Nepal Census 2001". Nepal's Village Development Committees. Digital Himalaya. Archived from the original on October 12, 2008. Retrieved November 14, 2008.