Deukhuri (), also known as Deukhuri Valley, is a proposed permanent
capital of
Lumbini Province
Lumbini Province () is a Provinces of Nepal, province in western Nepal. The country's Provinces of Nepal, third largest province in terms of area as well as List of Nepalese provinces by population, population, Lumbini is home to the World Herita ...
in
Nepal
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which was decided on 20th of Aswin 2077
BS (October 6, 2020 AD). The temporary capital of Lumbini is in
Butwal
Butwal (), officially Butwal Sub-Metropolitan City (), previously known as Khasyauli (Nepali: खस्यौली), is a sub-metropolitan city and economic hub in Lumbini Province in West Nepal. Butwal has a city population of 195,054 as per t ...
(
Rupandehi District
Rupandehi District (; ), a part of Lumbini Province, is one of the seventy-seven districts of Nepal and covers an area of . The district headquarter is Bhairahawa. As per the national census 2011, the population of Rupandehi was 880,196.
Etymo ...
).
The Dekhuri territory will be formed in the inner terai part of Dang Valley. The capital city will be formed by combining
Rapti Rural Municipality,
Gadhawa Rural Municipality and
Sitaganga Municipality. The three local level unit currently lies in two different district, i.e.
Dang and
Arghakhanchi District. The planned city is located on the bank of
Rapti River.
and arjun khola
Geography
The Deukhuri Valley () is southeast of the Dang Valley and extends about in WNW-ESE direction with a maximum width of .
[Kimura, K. (1998). Geomorphic Development of the Deukhuri Dun, Nepal Sub-Himalaya. The science reports of the Tohoku University, 7th series.] It forms a nearly plain within a
drainage basin
A drainage basin is an area of land in which all flowing surface water converges to a single point, such as a river mouth, or flows into another body of water, such as a lake or ocean. A basin is separated from adjacent basins by a perimeter, ...
of . The valley is drained by the
West Rapti River. It emerges from its gorge through the Mahabharat Range and flows WNW along the axis of the Siwalik Range between the
Dundwa Range along the India border and the Dang subrange to the north. It flows in this direction until the Dundwas fall away near
Banke, and the river can resume flowing SE toward the
Ganges
The Ganges ( ; in India: Ganga, ; in Bangladesh: Padma, ). "The Ganges Basin, known in India as the Ganga and in Bangladesh as the Padma, is an international which goes through India, Bangladesh, Nepal and China." is a trans-boundary rive ...
.
The
Mahendra Highway passes through the Deukhuri Valley.
Valley is settled by Tharu people, and used as winter pasture by
Kham Magar
The Kham Magars (खाम मगर), also known in scholarship as the Northern Magars, are a (Tibeto-Burman languages, Tibeto-Burman language) Magar Kham language or Kham Kura speaking indigenous ethnic tribal community native to Nepal. In g ...
from the hills.
History and prehistory
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tulsipur_State
See also
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Deukhuri International Cricket Stadium
References
Nepalese capital cities
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