Rangeli is a

Municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...

and rural market town in

Morang District Morang District ( ne, मोरङ जिल्ला ) is located in Province No. 1 in eastern Nepal. It is an Outer Terai district. It borders with Bihar, India to the South, Jhapa to the East, Dhankuta and Panchthar to the North, and Sunsa ...

in the Koshi Zone of south-eastern

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. This municipality was formed merging existing four villages i.e.

Amgachhi Amgachhi आमगाछी is a town and business center under Rangeli Municipality in Morang District in south-eastern Nepal. The village was submerged under Rangeli Municipality in May 2014 following the government decision. At the time of the ...

, Babiabirta, Darbesa and Rangeli itself since May 2014. At the time of the

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it had a

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of 12,325 people living in 2463 individual households. It is in the centre of a fertile agricultural region and there are numerous factories surrounding the town such as

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s and

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mills. Rangeli is linked by regular buses to the industrial city of

Biratnagar Biratnagar () is a metropolitan city in Nepal, which serves as the capital of Province No. 1. With a population of 242,548 as per the 2011 census, it is the largest city in the province and also the headquarters of Morang district. As per the pr ...

. Rangeli was once the district headquarters of

Morang Morang District ( ne, मोरङ जिल्ला ) is located in Province No. 1 in eastern Nepal. It is an Outer Terai district. It borders with Bihar, India to the South, Jhapa to the East, Dhankuta and Panchthar to the North, and Sunsar ...

district, and was in the past a historically important trading town, although its role has declined over the last half a century with the growth of

. Nevertheless, it remains an important market centre serving south-eastern Morang district. The first recorded settlement in the region dates back to 7th century, when King Mung Mawrong Hang came to prominence in the historical terai lands of Limbuwan (present-day Sunsari, Morang and Jhapa area). He cleared much of the forest area in present-day Rangeli, east of Biratnagar, and built a town there. He named his Kingdom

after his name and rose to power.

Wards

There are 9 wards in Rangeli, made up from wards of the former village development committees as follows:

References

Nepal municipalities established in 2014 Municipalities in Province No. 1 Municipalities in Morang District Bazaars in Nepal {{Morang-geo-stub