Shambhunath
शंभूनाथ नगरपालिका | |
|---|---|
 Buddha Chok at Kathauna Bazar | |
  Shambhunath Location in Madhesh Province  Shambhunath Shambhunath (Nepal) | |
| Coordinates: 26°38′N 86°40′E / 26.63°N 86.67°E | |
| Country |  Nepal |
| Zone | Sagarmatha |
| District | Saptari |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Jitendra Prasad Gupta Kalwar (CPN (US)) |
| • Deputy Mayor | Anita Kumari Chaudhary (CPN (US)) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 108.71 km2 (41.97 sq mi) |
| Population (2011) | |
| • Total | 38,018 |
| • Density | 350/km2 (910/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+5:45 (NST) |
| Website | www.shambhunathmun.gov.np |
Shambhunath Municipality is a Town in Saptari District in the Sagarmatha Zone of south-eastern Nepal. Merging the existing Khoksar Parbaha, Shambhunath, Mohanpur, Bhangha, Basbalpur and Rampur Jamuwa village development committee this new municipality was formed on 18 May 2014.[1][2] Kathauna Bazar is now finally head office of this new municipality . At the time of the 1991 Nepal census it had a population of 5168 people living in 933 individual households.[3]
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- ^ "Government announces 72 new municipalities". The Kathmandu Post. Archived from the original on 6 October 2014. Retrieved 10 June 2014.
- ^ "Nepal Census 2001". Nepal's Village Development Committees. Digital Himalaya. Archived from the original on 12 October 2008. Retrieved 22 November 2008.