Chamoli district
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Key facts
- Country
- India
- State
- Uttarakhand
- Division
- Garhwal
- Established
- 24 February 1960
- Headquarters
- Chamoli Gopeshwar
- District collector
- Gaurav Kumar IAS
- Lok sabha constituency
- Garhwal
- Vidhan sabha constituencies
- Badrinath , Karnaprayag , Tharali (SC)
- Total
- 8,030 km (3,100 sq mi)
- Rank
- I in the state
- Highest elevation nanda devi
- 7,817 m (25,646 ft)
- Lowest elevation gauchar
- 800 m (2,600 ft)
- Density
- 49/km (130/sq mi)
- Official
- Hindi
- Regional
- Garhwali Rongpo
- Time zone
- UTC+5:30 ( IST )
- Vehicle registration
- UK 11
- Website
- chamoli .nic .in
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Encyclopedic overview
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Chamoli district is a district of the Uttarakhand state of India. It is bounded by China's Xizang Autonomous Region to the north, and by the Uttarakhand districts of Pithoragarh and Bageshwar to the east, Almora to the south, Pauri Garhwal to the southwest, Rudraprayag to the west, and Uttarkashi to the northwest. The administrative headquarters of Chamoli district is in Gopeshwar.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Chamoli district” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.