Besisahar
Sign in to saveBesishahar () is a municipality and the district headquarters of Lamjung District in Gandaki Province, Nepal. The Besishahar Municipality was formed by merging the existing Village Development Committees i.e. Besishahar, Gaunshahar, Udipur, Puranakot, Nalma, Chandisthan, Baglungpani (wards no. 3, 4, 7, 8 & 9), Bajhakhet, Hiletaksar (wards no. 9) and Chiti and have 11 wards. This municipality has a sub-tropical climate with deciduous forests. Annapurna II, Machhapuchhre, Lamjung Himal can be viewed from north of Besishahar Municipality.
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Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Besishahar
- Settlement.native_name
- वेसीशहर
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Municipality
- Settlement.image_skyline
- File:Besi Sahar.JPG
- Settlement.image_caption
- Main street of Besishahar Municipality in the morning.
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- Nepal Gandaki Province#Nepal
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- bottom
- Settlement.pushpin_mapsize
- 300
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in Nepal
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Province
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- District
Key dates
- Inception
- 15 May 2014
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- municipality of Nepal
- Country
- Nepal
- Located in
- Lamjung District
- Population
- +15442
- Area
- +127.64
- Elevation
- +760
- Time zone
- UTC+05:45
- Capital of
- Lamjung District
- Official website
- www.besishaharmun.gov.np
- Image
- Besi Sahar.JPG
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- Religious and cultural landmarks
- Educational and institutions
- Hospitals
- 2015 earthquake
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Besishahar () is a municipality and the district headquarters of Lamjung District in Gandaki Province, Nepal. The Besishahar Municipality was formed by merging the existing Village Development Committees i.e. Besishahar, Gaunshahar, Udipur, Puranakot, Nalma, Chandisthan, Baglungpani (wards no. 3, 4, 7, 8 & 9), Bajhakhet, Hiletaksar (wards no. 9) and Chiti and have 11 wards. This municipality has a sub-tropical climate with deciduous forests. Annapurna II, Machhapuchhre, Lamjung Himal can be viewed from north of Besishahar Municipality.
==Population== At the time of the 2024 Annual Municipal Development Plan 2081/82 it had a population of 44,598 including Besishahar, Gaunshahar, Udipur, Chiti, Baglungpani, Bajhakhet and Chandisthan. The population of the municipality declined to 38,232 at the 2021 Nepal census. 99.5% of the residents were Nepali citizens and 81.2% were literate in 2021.