Siddharthanagar
Sign in to saveSiddharthanagar (), formerly and colloquially still called Bhairahawa (), is a municipality and the administrative headquarter of Rupandehi District in Lumbini Province of Nepal, west of Nepal's capital Kathmandu. It is the closest city to Lumbini, the birthplace of Gautama Buddha, which is located to the west. The city borders the Indian city of Sonauli in Maharajganj district of Uttar Pradesh.
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Place details
- Locality
- सिद्धार्थनगर
- Region
- लुम्बिनी प्रदेश
- Country
- नेपाल
- Population
- 63,367
- Timezone
- Asia/Kathmandu
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Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Siddhārthanagar
- Settlement.native_name
- सिद्धार्थनगर
- Settlement.other_name
- Bhairahawa (भैरहवा)
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Municipality (नगरपालिका)
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Lumbini gate 2.jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- Lumbini Gate, Bhairahawa
- Settlement.mapsize
- 300px
- Settlement.map_caption
- Map of the Village Development Committees in Rupandehi District
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Nepal
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- bottom
- Settlement.pushpin_mapsize
- 300
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in Nepal
Key dates
- Inception
- 1967
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- municipality of Nepal
- Official name
- सिद्धार्थनगर
- Country
- Nepal
- Located in
- Rupandehi District
- Population
- +63483
- Area
- +36.03
- Elevation
- +87
- Time zone
- UTC+05:45
- Capital of
- Rupandehi District
- Shares border with
- Taulihawa
- Official website
- www.siddharthanagar.org.np
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Siddharthanagar (), formerly and colloquially still called Bhairahawa (), is a municipality and the administrative headquarter of Rupandehi District in Lumbini Province of Nepal, west of Nepal's capital Kathmandu. It is the closest city to Lumbini, the birthplace of Gautama Buddha, which is located to the west. The city borders the Indian city of Sonauli in Maharajganj district of Uttar Pradesh.
Although the current name was first used in 1977, many still refer to it as Bhairahawa.