Myagdi District ( ne, म्याग्दी जिल्ला ), a part of

Gandaki Province Gandaki Province ( ne, गण्डकी प्रदेश ) ), is one of the seven federal provinces established by the current constitution of Nepal which was promulgated on 20 September 2015. Pokhara is the province's capital city. It borde ...

, is one of the seventy-seven

districts of Nepal Districts in Nepal are second level of administrative divisions after provinces. Districts are subdivided in municipalities and rural municipalities. There are seven provinces and 77 districts in Nepal. After the state's reconstruction of admi ...

. The district, with

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as its district headquarters, covers an area of , had a population of 114,447 in 2001 and 113,641 in 2011.

Geography and climate

This district can experience 7 types of climates

Demographics

At the time of the

2011 Nepal census Nepal conducted a widespread national census in 2011 by the Nepal Central Bureau of Statistics. Working with the 58 municipalities and the 3915 Village Development Committees at a district level, they recorded data from all the municipalities and ...

, Myagdi district had a population of 113,641. Of these, 94.2% spoke

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, 2.2% Magar, 1.0%

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, 0.9%

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and 0.6% Newari as their first language.2011 Nepal Census, Social Characteristics Tables
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Administration

The district consists of 6

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, out of which one is an urban municipality and five are

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. These are as follows: * Beni Municipality * Annapurna Rural Municipality *

Dhaulagiri Rural Municipality Dhaulagiri Municipality (Nepali :धवलागिरी गाँउपालिका) is a Gaunpalika in Myagdi District in Gandaki Province of Nepal. On 12 March 2017, the government of Nepal implemented a new local administrative structur ...

* Mangala Rural Municipality * Malika Rural Municipality * Raghuganga Rural Municipality

Former Village Development Committees

Prior to the restructuring of the district, Myagdi District consisted of the following municipalities and

Village development committees A village development committee ( ne, गाउँ विकास समिति; ''gāum̐ vikās samiti'') in Nepal was the lower administrative part of its Ministry of Federal Affairs and Local Development. Each district had several VDCs ...

: *

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* Arthunge * Baadook * Babiyachaur * Baranja * Begkhola * Beni Municipality * Bhakilmi * Bhanbare *

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* Chimkhola *

Dagnam Dagnam is a village development committee in Myagdi District in the Dhaulagiri Zone of western-central Nepal. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census The 1991 Nepal census was a widespread national census conducted by the Nepal Central Bureau of ...

* Dana * Darwang * Devisthan * Doba * Ghar *

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* Gurja Khani * Histhan Mandali * Jhin * Jyamrukot * Khibang * Kuhunkot * Kuinemangale * Lulang * Malkwang * Marang *

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* Muna * Nangi * Narchyang * Niskot * Okharbot * Pakhapani * Patlekhet * Pulachaur * Rakhu Bhagawati * Rakhupiple * Ramche *

Ratnechaur Ratnechaur is a market center in Beni Municipality in Myagdi District in the Dhaulagiri Zone of western-central Nepal. The former village development committee was annexed to form the new municipality on May 18, 2014. At the time of the 1991 ...

* Shikha * Singa *

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* Tatopani *

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Notable people

* Min Bahadur Sherchan, who was the oldest man to summit Mount Everest for about 5 years, was born in Myagdi district of

Nepal Nepal (; ne, नेपाल ), formerly the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal ( ne, सङ्घीय लोकतान्त्रिक गणतन्त्र नेपाल ), is a landlocked country in South Asia. It is ma ...

was born here. *

Nirmal Purja Nirmal Purja (known as Nims or Nimsdai) ( ne, निर्मल पुर्जा; born 25 July 1983) is a Nepal-born naturalised British mountaineer and a holder of multiple mountaineering world records. Prior to taking on a career in mount ...

, a mountaineer and former

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and

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(SBS) soldier. *

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, Man who provided internet to remote villages and Leader Of National Innovation Center.

Infrastructures

* Tatopani Hydropower Station (2 MW)

References

{{Authority control Districts of Nepal established in 1962 Gandaki Province