Butwal
Also known as Butwāl, Butwal Upmahanagarpalika, Butwal Sub-Metropolitan City
Butwal (), officially Butwal Sub-Metropolitan City (), previously known as Khasyauli (Nepali: खस्यौली), is a sub-metropolitan city and economic hub in Lumbini Province in West Nepal. As of 2021, Butwal has a city population of 195,054.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Butwal
- Settlement.native_name
- बुटवल
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Sub-Metropolitan City (उपमहानगरपालिका)
- Settlement.etymology
- derived from Batauli Bazaar
- Settlement.map_caption
- Map of Rupandehi District, Butwal is shaded in light blue at the top.
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- Nepal Lumbini Province#Nepal
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- top
- Settlement.pushpin_mapsize
- 280
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location of Butwal in province
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Province
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
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- Notable people
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Butwal (), officially Butwal Sub-Metropolitan City (), previously known as Khasyauli (Nepali: खस्यौली), is a sub-metropolitan city and economic hub in Lumbini Province in West Nepal. As of 2021, Butwal has a city population of 195,054.
The city is one of the tetra-cities of rapidly growing Butwal-Tilottama-Bhairahawa-Devdaha urban agglomeration primarily based on the Siddhartha Highway in West Nepal with a total urban agglomerated population of 4,74,541. It is one of the fastest-growing cities in Nepal for health, education, construction, communication, trade, and banking sectors. It has highway connections to the Indian border at Sunauli and to the hilly towns in Tansen and Pokhara valley, and holds the title of being "The Best City in Nepal" five times in a row.
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