Solukhumbu District

Solukhumbu District
सोलुखुम्बु जिल्ला
District
View of Mount Everest from Kala Patthar
View of Mount Everest from Kala Patthar
Nickname: 
Khumbu
Location of Solukhumbu
Location of Solukhumbu
Divisions of Solukhumbu District
Divisions of Solukhumbu District
Coordinates: 27°20′39″N 86°0′21″E / 27.34417°N 86.00583°E / 27.34417; 86.00583 to 28°6′24″N 87°0′1″E / 28.10667°N 87.00028°E / 28.10667; 87.00028
Country Nepal
ProvinceKoshi Province
Established1962
Admin HQ.Salleri
Municipality
List
Government
 • TypeCoordination committee
 • BodyDCC, Solukhumbu
 • HeadBir Kumar Rai (NCP)
 • Parliamentary constituencies1
 • Provincial constituencies2
 • Chief District OfficerAnoj Kumar Ghimire
Area
 • Total
3,312 km2 (1,279 sq mi)
Highest elevation
8,848 m (29,029 ft)
Lowest elevation
600 m (2,000 ft)
Population
 (2021)[2]
 • Total
104,768
 • Density32/km2 (82/sq mi)
 • Households
23,758[1]
Demographics
 • Ethnic groups
 • Female ♀52%[1]
Human Development Index
 • Income per capita (US dollars)$1,841 per capita
 • Poverty rate25.7
 • Literacy64%[1]
 • Life Expectancy68.8[1]
Time zoneUTC+05:45 (NPT)
Postal Codes
56000..., 56010
Telephone Code38
Websiteddcsolukhumbu.gov.np

Solukhumbu District (Nepali: सोलुखुम्बु जिल्ला [solukʰumbu] ⓘ, Sherpa: ཤར་ཁུམ་བུ་རྫོང་།, Wylie: shar khum bu dzong) is one of 14 districts of Koshi Province of eastern Nepal. As the name suggests, it consists of the sub-regions Solu and Khumbu. The closest post office to Solukhumbu with a postal code assigned to it is the Sindhuli D.P.O., which has the postal code 56000.

The district, with Salleri as its headquarters, covers an area of 3,312 km2 (1,279 sq mi) and had a population 107,686 in 2001 and 105,886 in 2011.[3]

Mount Everest is in the northern part of this district, within Sagarmatha National Park.

  1. ^ a b c d "NepalMap profile: Bhojpur".
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference citypop was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ "Districts of Nepal". Statoids.