Key facts
- Country
- Nepal
- Province
- Bagmati Province
- Admin hq
- Dhunche , Gosaikunda Rural Municipality
- Type
- Coordination committee
- Body
- DCC , Rasuwa
- Chief district officer
- Naba Raj Jaisi
- Total
- 1,544 km (596 sq mi)
- Density
- 28.0/km (72.6/sq mi)
- Time zone
- UTC+05:45 ( NPT )
- Main language s
- Nepali , Tamang
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
Rasuwa District (Nepali: रसुवा जिल्लाListen is one of 13 districts of Bagmati Province and one of seventy-seven districts of Nepal. The district, with Dhunche, Gosaikunda Rural Municipality as its district headquarters, covers an area of 1,544 km (596 sq mi) and has a population (2011) of 43,300. Its District Post Office (DPO) has a Rasuwa DPO code of 45000. There are five post offices in the district. As per census 2011 total households in Rasuwa district were 9,778. It is the smallest district by area, among 16 districts in the Himalaya region of Nepal.
Etymology
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Rasuwa District” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.