داران
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Dharan () is a sub-metropolitan city in Sunsari District of Koshi Province, in eastern Nepal, which was established as a fourth municipality in the Kingdom in 1958. It is the third most populous city in eastern Nepal after Biratnagar and Itahari. The Nepali word "dharan" means a saw pit.
Key facts
- Settlement.official_name
- Dharan
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Sub-Metropolitan City
- Settlement.motto
- "To build an environmentally sound city, functioning as the centre of education, health, tourism and business with fully developed infrastructure"
- Settlement.imagesize
- 300
- Settlement.image_caption
- From Top:View of Dharan city, Dharan Clock tower
- Settlement.flag_size
- 300px
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Koshi#Nepal
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- bottom
- Settlement.pushpin_mapsize
- 300
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Province
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Koshi
- Settlement.subdivision_type3
- District
- Settlement.subdivision_name3
- Sunsari
- Settlement.established_title
- First Settled
- Settlement.established_date
- 1902
- Settlement.established_title1
- Established
- Settlement.established_date1
- 1958
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Country
- Nepal
- Located in
- Sunsari District
- Population
- 116181
- Area
- 12.23
- Time zone
- Nepal Standard Time
- Capital of
- Kosi Zone
- Founded by
- Chandra Shumsher Jung Bahadur Rana
- Official website
- www.dharan.gov.np
- Image
- Dharan.jpg
- Dialing code
- 025
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- Commons category
- Dharan
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3 mapped locations