Samagaun is a
village development committee in
Gorkha District
Gorkha District (), a part of Gandaki Province, is one of seventy-seven districts of Nepal, and the fourth largest district of the country in terms of area. It is historically linked with the creation of modern Nepal and the name of the legenda ...
in the
Gandaki Zone of northern-central
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 village is located at an altitude between 3530 m and 3800m, making it the highest-located large settlement in the Manaslu Mountain Area. 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 665 and had 179 houses in the village. 100% of this population are followers of Buddhism.
Samagaun village falls within the Manaslu Circuit Trek and is regarded as the last stop for trekkers before Birendra Lake and Manaslu Base Camp.
References
Samagaun Village – A Rustic Charm of Manaslu
Populated places in Gorkha District
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