Kalaiya
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Kalaiya () is a sub-metropolitan Nepalese city and the district headquarters of the Bara District of Madhesh Province. It is known for its cultural heritage and its status as a gateway to the controversial Hindu Gadhimai festival. Kalaiya serves as an economic and administrative hub in the central Terai region.
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- Locality
- कलैया उपमहानगरपालिका
- Region
- मधेश प्रदेश
- Country
- नेपाल
- Population
- 0
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Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Kalaiya, Nepal
- Settlement.native_name
- कलैया
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Sub-Metropolitan City
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Nepal Madhesh Province#Nepal
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- bottom
- Settlement.pushpin_mapsize
- 300
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in Nepal
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- Nepal
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Province
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- District
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Madhesh
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Bara
- Settlement.leader_title
- Mayor
- Settlement.leader_name
- Binod Prasad Shah (CPN-UML)
- Settlement.leader_title1
- Deputy mayor
- Settlement.leader_name1
- Rausan Parwin (CPN-UML)
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 108.94
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Wikidata facts
- Country
- Nepal
- Located in
- Bara District
- Population
- 42826
- Area
- 108.94
- Time zone
- Nepal Standard Time
- Capital of
- Bara District
- Official website
- kalaiyamun.gov.np
- Image
- Gadhimai Temple IMG 5582.jpg
- Dialing code
- 053
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- postal code
- 44400
- Commons category
- Kalaiya
- P12749
- Airbus A340
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Encyclopedic overview
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Kalaiya () is a sub-metropolitan Nepalese city and the district headquarters of the Bara District of Madhesh Province. It is known for its cultural heritage and its status as a gateway to the controversial Hindu Gadhimai festival. Kalaiya serves as an economic and administrative hub in the central Terai region.
==History== Kalaiya is historically significant as a center for the Bhojpuri-speaking community. Its identity is intertwined with the Gadhimai Temple, located in nearby Bariyarpur, which hosts the five-yearly Gadhimai festival, controversial for its large-scale animal sacrifices.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Kalaiya” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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