Chhusang (Thsug in Tibetan) is a
village development committee in
Mustang District
Mustang District ( ) (from the Standard Tibetan, Tibetan ''möntang'' (), "fertile plain") is one of the eleven districts of Gandaki Province and one of List of districts of Nepal, seventy-seven districts of Nepal which was a Kingdom of Lo-Mant ...
in the
Dhawalagiri Zone
Dhaulagiri ( ) was one of the fourteen zones which Nepal was divided into for administrative purposes, prior to the September 10, 2015 adoption of a new Constitution, which divided the nation instead into 7 provinces. It is in the Western Devel ...
of northern
Nepal
Nepal, officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal, is a landlocked country in South Asia. It is mainly situated in the Himalayas, but also includes parts of the Indo-Gangetic Plain. It borders the Tibet Autonomous Region of China Ch ...
. It is located on the
Upper Mustang
Upper Mustang, formerly known as Kingdom of Lo, is the upper part (northern areas) of the Mustang District in the Gandaki Province of Nepal. The ''Upper Mustang'' was a restricted kingdom until 1992 which makes it one of the most preserved regio ...
trekking route, between
Tangbe and Chele, about an hour's walk north of
Tangbe. It lies at the junction of the Narshing river and the
Kali Gandaki
The Gandaki River, also known as the Narayani and Gandak, is one of the major rivers in Nepal and a left-bank tributary of the Ganges in India. Its total catchment area is , most of it in Nepal. In the Nepal Himalayas, the Gandaki is notable f ...
.
It is surrounded by gigantic red, orange and silver gray cliffs spotted with cave dwellings. The village consists of three different hamlets: north of the Narshing river is Tangma, to the south of it is Braga, and west of Braga, towards the
Kali Gandaki
The Gandaki River, also known as the Narayani and Gandak, is one of the major rivers in Nepal and a left-bank tributary of the Ganges in India. Its total catchment area is , most of it in Nepal. In the Nepal Himalayas, the Gandaki is notable f ...
, is Cikyab. It is an active farming community.
Demography
At the time of the
1991 Nepal census
The 1991 Nepal census was a widespread national census conducted by the Nepal Central Bureau of Statistics.
Working with Nepal's Village Development Committees at a district level,
they recorded data from all the main towns and villages of each ...
it had a population of 860 people living in 195 individual households.
Religion and culture
In the high cliffs on the west side of the Kali Gandhi river, is an extensive area of caves called Thagsing Grangma. To the south of these is an abandoned nunnery called Gompa Gang, the “Convent Ridge”.
Galleries
File:Chhusang cliffs.jpg, Chhusang cliffs.
File:Chhusang caves.jpg, Cave dwellings in the cliffs of Chhusang.
File:Natural caves at Chhusang Mustang Nepal.jpg, Natural caves at Chhusang.
Mustang-Chhusang-16-Lhatos und Choerten-2015-gje.jpg, Chhusang
Mustang-Chhusang to Tsele-01-Kali Gandaki-Choerten-2015-gje.jpg, Kali Gandaki between Chhusang and Chele
Mustang-Tsele-92-2015-gje.jpg, Chele
Mustang-Tsele to Samar-16-2015-gje.jpg, From Chele to Samar
Mustang-Samar-20-2015-gje.jpg, Samar
Mustang-Ghyakar-26-2015-gje.jpg, Ghyakar
Mustang-06-Tangbe-Ruine-2015-gje.jpg, Tangbe
References
External links
UN map of the municipalities of Mustang District
Populated places in Mustang District
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