Madhyapur Thimi
Thimi मध्यपुर थिमि | |
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 Layaku (Royal Palace of Madhyapur Thimi) | |
  Madhyapur Thimi Location in Kathmandu Valley  Madhyapur Thimi Madhyapur Thimi (Bagmati Province)  Madhyapur Thimi Madhyapur Thimi (Nepal) | |
| Coordinates: 27°40′50″N 85°22′55″E / 27.68056°N 85.38194°E | |
| Country | Nepal |
| Province | Bagmati |
| District | Bhaktapur |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Surendra Shrestha (NC) |
| • Deputy Mayor | Vijaya Krishna Shrestha ([[Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist Centre)[CPN-Maoist]]) |
| Area | |
• Total | 11.47 km2 (4.43 sq mi) |
| Population (2021) | |
• Total | 119,955 |
| • Density | 10,000/km2 (27,000/sq mi) |
| • Religion | Hindu Buddhist |
| Time zone | UTC+5:45 (NST) |
| Area code | 01 |
| Website | madhyapurthimimun.gov.np |
Madhyapur Thimi, also known as Thimi, (Nepali: मध्यपुर थिमि) is a municipality in Bhaktapur District in the Bagmati Zone of central Nepal. Thimi lies between Kathmandu, Lalitpur and Bhaktapur in the Kathmandu Valley. It is one of the ancient cultural and historical places along the trade route from Bhaktapur to Kathmandu. The city is situated on elevated land and occupies an area of 11.47 square kilometres (4.43 sq mi), divided into nine administrative wards.
The mayor as of 2022[update] was Surendra Shrestha of the Nepali Congress.