Key facts
- Country
- Nepal
- Province
- Karnali Province
- Admin hq
- Simikot
- Total
- 5,655 km (2,183 sq mi)
- Rank
- 2nd
- Density
- 8.993/km (23.29/sq mi)
- Time zone
- UTC+05:45 ( NPT )
- Website
- www .ddchumla .gov .np
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- district of Nepal
- Country
- Nepal
- Located in
- Karnali Zone
- Capital
- Simikot
- Population
- 55394
- Area
- 5655
- Official website
- ddchumla.gov.np
- Image
- Crisscross road.JPG
- Households
- 11228
Show 4 more facts
- topic's main category
- Category:Humla District
- Commons category
- Humla District
- male population
- 27886
- female population
- 27508
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Encyclopedic overview
Humla District (Nepali: हुम्ला जिल्ला), a part of Karnali Province, is one of the seventy-seven districts of Nepal. The district, with Simikot as its district headquarters, covers an area of 5,655 km (2,183 sq mi) and has population of 50,858 as per the census of 2011. Namkha is the largest rural municipal which lies in Humla Humla is the 2nd largest district (by area) of Nepal. The southern and middle parts of Humla District are inhabited by Khas communities, originating from Sinja valley, whereas the higher and northern parts of Humla are mostly inhabited by culturally Tibetan communities.
Nature
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Humla District” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.