Dhading Besi ( ne, धादिङ्ग बेसी) is a town (neighborhood) and the district headquarter of the

Dhading District Dhading District ( ne, धादिङ जिल्ला ), a part of Bagmati Province, is one of the seventy-seven districts of Nepal. The district, with Dhading Besi as its district headquarters, covers an area of , had a population of 338,658 ...

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 ...

. The town is located within Nilkantha Municipality. It is also administrative centre of Nilkantha Municipality. Dhading Besi is located in the region of Central Region. Central Region's capital Kathmandu (Kathmandu) is approximately 48 km / 30 mi away from Dhading Besi (as the crow flies). The distance from Dhading Besi to Nepal's capital Kathmandu (Kathmandu) is approximately 48 km / 30 mi (as the crow flies).

Etymology

The word ''besi'' in the

Nepali language Nepali (; , ) is an Indo-Aryan language native to the Himalayas region of South Asia. It is the official, and most widely spoken, language of Nepal, where it also serves as a '' lingua franca''. Nepali has official status in the Indian st ...

means lowlands in the

river basin A drainage basin is an area of land where 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, the ...

, the reason many people settled here. It is a small town along the banks of two rivers, Arun Khola and Thopal Khola (Khola means a small river in Nepali). Main settlement of the Nilkantha municipality is Puchhar Bazaar, Bich Bazaar, Milan Tole and Siran Bazaar. Being a district headquarters, most of the government offices are located in the area. It is connected to

Kathmandu , pushpin_map = Nepal Bagmati Province#Nepal#Asia , coordinates = , subdivision_type = Country , subdivision_name = , subdivision_type1 = Provinces of Nepal, Province , subdivision_name1 ...

, Chitwan,

Rasuwa Rasuwa District ( ne, रसुवा जिल्ला is one of 13 districts of Bagmati Province and one of seventy-seven districts of Nepal. The district, with Dhunche as its district headquarters, covers an area of and has a population (20 ...

, Nuwakot,

Pokhara Pokhara ( ne, पोखरा, ) is a metropolitan city in Nepal, which serves as the capital of Gandaki Province. It is the second most populous city of Nepal after Kathmandu, with 518,452 inhabitants living in 101,669 households in 2021. ...

and the rest of Nepal via all weather motorable district feeder road connecting to

Prithvi Highway The Prithvi Highway () is a highway connecting Naubise of Tribhuvan Highway, 26 km from Kathmandu, the capital of Nepal, and Prithivi Chowk, Pokhara, a tourist city in the western part of Nepal. History The construction of the highway star ...

. It is at 27°54'45.9"N 84°53'46.2"E at an altitude of 612 metres.Location of Dhading - Falling Rain Genomics
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References

* Cohen, Saul B.; ed. ''The Columbia Gazetteer of the World'' (New York:

Columbia University Press Columbia University Press is a university press based in New York City, and affiliated with Columbia University. It is currently directed by Jennifer Crewe (2014–present) and publishes titles in the humanities and sciences, including the fi ...

, 1998) p. 827 Populated places in Dhading District {{Dhading-geo-stub

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