Rajbiraj
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Rajbiraj () is a mid-sized municipality located in the south-eastern part of Madhesh Province of Nepal. The city is also called the "Pink City of Nepal" because the township was designed in 1938 based on influence from the "Indian Pink City" Jaipur - thus making it the first township in Nepal to receive urban planning. Rajbiraj is the district headquarters of Saptari which is transferred from old district headquarter Hanumannagar in 1944 and is the eighth largest city in the province. It was declared a municipality in 1959. According to the 2021 census, the city had a population of 70,803 maki
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Rajbiraj
- Settlement.official_name
- Rajbiraj Municipality
- Settlement.native_name
- राजविराज
- Settlement.settlement_type
- City
- Settlement.motto
- "Rajbiraj city, prosperous green city"
- Settlement.named_for
- Rajdevi Temple
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- Nepal Madhesh Province#Nepal
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- top
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- Location of Rajbiraj
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- 300
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- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- Nepal
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Province
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Madhesh
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- Region
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Mithila
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- District
- Settlement.subdivision_name3
- Saptari
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Rajbiraj () is a mid-sized municipality located in the south-eastern part of Madhesh Province of Nepal. The city is also called the "Pink City of Nepal" because the township was designed in 1938 based on influence from the "Indian Pink City" Jaipur - thus making it the first township in Nepal to receive urban planning. Rajbiraj is the district headquarters of Saptari which is transferred from old district headquarter Hanumannagar in 1944 and is the eighth largest city in the province. It was declared a municipality in 1959. According to the 2021 census, the city had a population of 70,803 making it the 77rh largest municipality in Nepal. The city area is spread over and comprises 16 wards.
The city is named after the ancient temple of Rajdevi, rebuilt by the Sena kings in the early 14th century. Rajbiraj has prominently served as a politically active town in the modern history of Nepal and has been the hometown to a number of icons of the nation. Rajbiraj comes under the Saptari 2(B) assembly constituency which elects a member to the Provincial Assembly of Madhesh Province once every five years and it is a part of the Saptari 2 constituency which elects its MP once in five years.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Rajbiraj” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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