Khumjung
खुम्जुङ | |
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 The mountain Khumbila above the villages Khumjung and Kunde. In the background you can see Mount Everest, Lhotse and Ama Dablam | |
  Khumjung Location in Province  Khumjung Khumjung (Nepal) | |
| Coordinates: 27°49′N 86°43′E / 27.817°N 86.717°E | |
| Country |  Nepal |
| Province | Province No. 1 |
| District | Solukhumbu |
| Rural Municipality | Khumbu Pasanglhamu |
| Located at | ward no. 4 |
| Elevation | 3,790 m (12,430 ft) |
| Population (2011) | |
| • Total | 1,912 |
| Time zone | UTC+5:45 (Nepal Time) |
| Area code | 038 |
Khumjung (Nepali: खुम्जुंग) is a village in Khumbu Pasanglhamu rural municipality of Solukhumbu District in Province No. 1 of north-eastern Nepal. It is located in the Khumbu sub-region inside Sagarmatha National Park, a world heritage site. The village lies at an elevation of 3,790 metres above sea level, near Mount Khumbila.
A monastery in Khumjung has a purported Yeti scalp. This village has modern communications such as the Internet and mobile and landline phones.
The village is the seat of ward no. 4, which include Kunde, Khumjung, Tengboche (Tyangboche), Pangboche, Pheriche, Dole, Chharchung, Machhermo, Lobuche, Dingboche, and Gokyo. As of 2011, it had a population of 1,912 people living in 551 individual households.[1]
Khumjung school was built by Sir Edmund Hillary's Himalayan Trust in 1961. The school began with two classrooms but now caters to pre-school, primary and secondary sections with over 350 students.[2]
- ^ "National Population and Housing Census 2011". Village Development Committee/Municipality. Government of Nepal. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2008-10-12. Retrieved 2018-05-18.
- ^ Ryōhei Uchida (1991), Trekking Mount Everest, San Francisco Chronicle Books, ISBN 978-0-87701-884-1 page 51