Solududhkunda () (earlier:Dudhkunda) is the only municipality of

Solukhumbu District Solukhumbu District ( , Sherpa: , Wylie: shar khum bu dzong) is one of 14 districts of Koshi Province of eastern Nepal. As the name suggests, it consists of the sub-regions Solu and Khumbu. The closest post office to Solukhumbu with a postal co ...

. Located in

Koshi Province Koshi Province () is an autonomous Provinces of Nepal, province of Nepal adopted by the Constitution of Nepal on 20 September 2015. It covers an area of , about 17.5% of the country's total area. With the industrial city of Biratnagar as its cap ...

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 ...

. The town of Salleri, which is located within the municipality is the headquarter of

It was formed in 2014 by merging four VDCs: Salleri, Garma, Loding Tamakhani and Beni and was divided into 9 wards. Total area of the municipality had and population of municipality had 20,399 individuals living in 5,368 households (

2011 Nepal census Nepal conducted a widespread national census in 2011 by the Nepal Central Bureau of Statistics. Working in cooperation with the 58 municipalities and the 3,915 Village Development Committees at a district level, they recorded data from all the m ...

). In March 2017, restructuring of local level units in Nepal brought some changing in area and population. More VDCs added to the municipality:

Takasindu Taksindu is a ward in Solukhumbu District in the Province 1 of north-eastern Nepal. At the time of the 2011 Nepal census Nepal conducted a widespread national census in 2011 by the Nepal Central Bureau of Statistics. Working in cooperation wit ...

Kerung Kerung is a village development committee in Solukhumbu District in the Sagarmatha Zone of north-eastern Nepal. At the time of the 2011 Nepal census Nepal conducted a widespread national census in 2011 by the Nepal Central Bureau of Stati ...

Gorakhani Gorakhani is a village development committee in Solukhumbu District in the Sagarmatha Zone of north-eastern Nepal. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census The 1991 Nepal census was a widespread national census conducted by the Nepal Central Bur ...

and

Tapting Tapting is a village development committee in Solukhumbu District in the Sagarmatha Zone of north-eastern Nepal. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census The 1991 Nepal census was a widespread national census conducted by the Nepal Central Bureau ...

. After adding more VDCs to the municipality, total area of the municipality increased to and population increased to 20,399 people.

Tingla Tingla is a village development committee in Solukhumbu District in the Sagarmatha Zone of north-eastern Nepal. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census The 1991 Nepal census was a widespread national census conducted by the Nepal Central Bureau o ...

VDC was added again to this municipality on 26 February 2018 and finally the total area of this municipality became and population became 24,323 people.

Etymology

Solududhkunda is a combination of two words "Solu" and "Dudhkunda". "Solu" is a river which flows in this region and "Dudhkunda" is a lake located east of Solu river. The municipality has gain her name on river and lake which are famous in this region.

Salleri

Salleri is the main town or centre of Solududhkunda Municipality. It was a separate local level rural unit before 2014. According to the

it had total population of 6,590 individuals living in 1,682 households. Salleri is now divided into three wards. Ward no. 4, 5 and 6 of Solududhkunda Municipality were part of Salleri Village development committee. Headquarters of Solududhkunda municipality is situated at ward no. 5.

Media

To promote local culture, Solududhkunda Municipality has two

community radio Community radio is a radio service offering a third model of radio broadcasting in addition to commercial broadcasting, commercial and public broadcasting. Community broadcasting, Community stations serve geographic communities and communities o ...

stations Radio Dudhkoshi (94.6 MHz) and Solu FM (101.2 MHz) and Himal FM.

Transportation

Most parts of Dudhkunda municipality have access to local roads.

Phaplu Airport Phaplu Airport (, ) is a domestic airport located in Phaplu, Solududhkunda serving Solukhumbu District, a district in Koshi Province in Nepal. History The airport was opened in October 1976 and later broadened by Sir Edmund Hillary to accommod ...

is located in Phaplu in the northern part of the municipality. After the development of Phaplu Airport, internal and foreign tourists have been using the road network for trekking to Pikey Peak and Dudh Kunda.

Climate

References

External links

Official website of Solududhkunda municipalityDistrict Corrected Last for RAJAPATRADetails of the local level bodies
Populated places in Solukhumbu District Municipalities in Koshi Province Nepal municipalities established in 2014 Municipalities in Solukhumbu District {{Solukhumbu-geo-stub