Key facts
- Country
- Nepal
- Province
- Koshi Province
- Admin hq
- Khandbari
- Municipality
- List Urban Chainpur Dharmadevi Khandbari Madi Panchkhapan Rural Bhotkhola Chichila Makalu Savapokhari Silichong
- Type
- Coordination committee
- Body
- DCC , Sankhuwasabha
- Head
- Mahesh Thapaliya
- Total
- 3,480 km (1,340 sq mi)
- Highest elevation
- 8,463 m (27,766 ft)
- Lowest elevation
- 457 m (1,499 ft)
- Density
- 45.4/km (118/sq mi)
- Households
- 34,615
- Female
- 53%
- Income per capita us dollars
- $1,193
- Poverty rate
- 21%
- Literacy
- 79%
- Time zone
- UTC+05:45 ( NPT )
- Postal codes
- 56900..., 56913
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- district of Nepal
- Country
- Nepal
- Located in
- Koshi Province
- Population
- 158041
- Area
- 3480
- Official website
- ddcsankhuwasabha.gov.np
- Image
- Morning in Yangle Kharka, 3660m, BARUN trekking 2013. - panoramio.jpg
- Households
- 39173
Show 4 more facts
- topic's main category
- Category:Sankhuwasabha District
- female population
- 78462
- Commons category
- Sankhuwasabha District
- male population
- 79579
via Wikidata · CC0
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Encyclopedic overview
Sankhuwasabha District (Nepali: सङ्खुवासभा जिल्ला Listen) is one of 14 districts of Koshi Province of eastern Nepal. The district's area is 3,480 km with a population of 159,203 in 2001 and 158,742 in 2011. The administrative center is Khandbari.
Bordering districts are Bhojpur, Tehrathum, Dhankuta, Solukhumbu and Taplejung in Koshi Province. Tingri County of Shigatse Prefecture in the Tibet Autonomous Region of China borders to the north.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Sankhuwasabha District” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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