Manang ( ne, मनाङ) is a town in the

Manang District Manang District ( ne, मनाङ जिल्ला , a part of Gandaki Province, is one of the seventy-seven districts of Nepal. The district, with Chame as its district headquarters, covers an area of and had a population (2011) of 6,538. ...

Nepal Nepal (; ne, :ne:नेपाल, नेपाल ), formerly the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal ( ne, सङ्घीय लोकतान्त्रिक गणतन्त्र नेपाल ), is a landlocked country in S ...

. It is located at 28°40'0N 84°1'0E with an elevation of . According to the preliminary result of the 2011 Nepal census it has a population of 6,527 people living in 1,495 individual households. Its population density is 3 persons/km².. It is situated in the broad valley of the

Marshyangdi The Marshyangdi (or Marsyangdi) (Nepali: , marśyāṅdī) is a mountain river in Nepal. Its length is about 150 kilometres. The Marshyangdi begins at the confluence of two mountain rivers, the Khangsar Khola and Jharsang Khola, northwest of ...

River to the north of the

Annapurna Annapurna (; ne, अन्नपूर्ण) is a mountain situated in the Annapurna mountain range of Gandaki Province, north-central Nepal. It is the tenth highest mountain in the world at above sea level and is well known for the diffic ...

mountain range. The river flows to the east. To the west, the

Thorong La Thorong La or Thorung La is a mountain pass with an elevation of above sea level in the Damodar Himal, north of the Annapurna Himal, in central Nepal. Khatung Kang and Yakawa Kang are the mountains forming Thorong La. The pass is located on ...

pass leads to

Muktinath Muktinath is a Vishnu temple, sacred to both Hindus and Buddhists. It is located in Muktinath Valley at the foot of the Thorong La mountain pass in Mustang, Nepal. It is one of the world's highest temples (altitude 3,800 m). Within Hinduism, it ...

shrine and the valley of the

Gandaki River The Gandaki River, also known as the Narayani and the Gandak, is one of the major rivers in Nepal and a left bank tributary of the Ganges in India. Its total catchment area amounts to , most of it in Nepal. In the Nepal Himalayas, it is notab ...

. To the north there is the

Chulu East Chulu may refer to: * Chulu Ranch, a tourist attraction ranch in Beinan Township, Taitung County, Taiwan *Chulu East and Chulu West, two of the trekking peaks in Nepal * ''Stepping Out'' (Singaporean TV series), a 1999 TV series May also refe ...

peak of . Most groups trekking around the Annapurna range will take resting days in Manang to acclimatize to the high elevation, before taking on Thorong La pass. The village is situated on the northern slope, which gets the most sunlight and the least snow cover in the winter. The cultivation fields are on the north slope with terraces. There are now motorable road as well as trails where goods are transported on jeep or mule trains or carried by porters. A small

airport An airport is an aerodrome with extended facilities, mostly for commercial air transport. Airports usually consists of a landing area, which comprises an aerially accessible open space including at least one operationally active surfa ...

, located east of the town, used to serve the whole valley although has not had any commercial flights since 2012 https://www.aviationnepal.com/inactive-manang-airport-causes-locals-to-face-major-problems/. The airport was begun in 1985. The development of a trail linking Manang to the

Annapurna Conservation Area Annapurna Conservation Area is Nepal's largest protected area covering in the Annapurna range of the Himalayas. It ranges in elevation from to the peak of Annapurna I at . The conservation area stretches across Manang, Mustang, Kaski, Myagdi, ...

was finished in February 2011 and has brought many benefits to the villagers and the area. Besides catering to trekkers, there is some agriculture and herding of yaks. There is a medical centre, which specializes in high-altitude sickness.

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File:Main street of manang.jpg, Main street of Manang with yaks File:Manang site (42).JPG, A view of Gangapurna Lake situated at

Manang district Manang District ( ne, मनाङ जिल्ला , a part of Gandaki Province, is one of the seventy-seven districts of Nepal. The district, with Chame as its district headquarters, covers an area of and had a population (2011) of 6,538. ...

File:Manang Lake.JPG, Gangapurna Lake close to Manang File:Gangapurna glacier and lake.jpg , Gangapurna glacier and lake near Manang

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Populated places in Manang District, Nepal {{Manang-geo-stub

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