Key facts
- Country
- Nepal
- Province
- Karnali Province
- Admin hq
- Gamgadhi (today part of Chhayanath Rara Municipality )
- Type
- Coordination committee
- Body
- DCC , Mugu
- Total
- 3,535 km (1,365 sq mi)
- Density
- 15.64/km (40.51/sq mi)
- Time zone
- UTC+05:45 ( NPT )
- Website
- ddcmugu .gov .np
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
Mugu District (Nepali: मुगु जिल्ला Listen), a part of Karnali Province, is one of the seventy-seven districts of Nepal. The district, with Gamgadhi as its district headquarters, covers an area of 3,535 km (1,365 sq mi) and had a population (2011) of 55,286. Mugu is known for being both the most remote district in Nepal, as well as the least developed.
Geography and climate
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Mugu District” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.