Apihimal () is a Rural council (

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) in Darchula District in the

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of far-western

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. Apihimal has a population of 6779.The land area is 613.95 km².

Etymology

The rural council has named after the

Api (mountain) Api, also known as Api Himal, is the highest peak in the Yoka Pahar section of the Gurans Himal, a subrange of the western Himalayas. It is located in Darchula District of Sudurpashchim Province, in the far northwestern region of Nepal, near t ...

, here the word Himal stands for the Nepali translation of

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Geography

There are mountains such as

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, Kapchuli and

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in this rural municipality.

References

Rural municipalities in Darchula District Rural municipalities of Nepal established in 2017 {{Darchula-geo-stub