Jumla District

Also known as Jumla

district of Nepal

Key facts

Country: Nepal
Province: Karnali Province
Admin hq: Jumla
Municipality: List Urban Chandannath Rural Kankasundari Sinja Hima Tila Guthichaur Tatopani Patarasi
Type: Coordination committee
Body: DCC , Jumla
Parliamentary constituencies: 1 seats List Jumla 1
Provincial constituencies: 2 seats List Jumla 1(A) Jumla 1(B)
Total: 2,531 km (977 sq mi)
Highest elevation: 4,679 m (15,351 ft)
Lowest elevation: 915 m (3,002 ft)
Density: 46.76/km (121.1/sq mi)

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Jumla Bazaar from Twin Otter Aeroplane

Jumla District (Nepali: जुम्ला जिल्लाListen), is one of the ten districts of the Karnali province and one of the seventy-seven districts of Nepal. This district has Jumla in the municipality of Chandannath as its headquarters, an area of 2,531 square kilometres (977 mi). In 2021 the district had 118,349 inhabitants. Its territory lies between longitudes 81⁰ 28' and 82⁰ 18' East, and between latitudes 28⁰ 58' and 29⁰ 30' North.