Phungling Municipality (previously also ''Taplejung Municipality'') is a

municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having municipal corporation, corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality' ...

located in

Taplejung District Taplejung District ( ) is one of seventy-seven districts of Nepal and one of the 14 districts of Koshi Province. It is located deep in the Himalayas in Eastern Nepal with བོད to the north across the Himalayas. Taplejung is the third lar ...

in the

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 municipality was formed merging the then two Village Development Committees of Phungling and

Dokhu Dokhu is a town center under Taplejung Municipality in the Himalayas of Taplejung District in the Province No. 1 of north-eastern Nepal. This village was merged into municipality in May 2014. At the time of the 2011 Nepal census Nepal conducted ...

in May 2014. 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 with the 58 municipalities and the 3,915 Village Development Committees at a district level, they recorded data from all the m ...

it had a population of 19,085 people and 4,480 individual households.

Background

Phungling was a Village Development Committee along with other 49 VDCs in

before 2014. At the time of

, it had total population of 14,974 individuals and 3571 households. On 8 May 2014, Government of Nepal announced 72 new municipalities. The government merged 283 VDCs to create 72 new municipalities.

VDC was merged with Phungling VDC to form new Taplejung Municipality. On 10 March 2017, Nepal restructured the old administrative system into 753 new local level body thus Hangdeva, Phurumbu and

Phawakhola Phawakhola is a village development committee that is located in the Himalayas of Taplejung District, in the Province No. 1 of north-eastern Nepal. At the time of the 2011 Nepal census Nepal conducted a widespread national census in 2011 by ...

VDCs merged with the then Taplejung municipality and renamed it as Phungling Municipality. After merging more VDCs to the old Taplejung municipality the total area increased to and total population became 26,406. It is located at 27°21'0N 87°40'0E with an altitude of 1441 metres (4730 feet).Taplejung, Nepal Page - Falling Rain Genomics
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Demography

The main inhabitants in Phungling are

Limbu Limbu may refer to: * Limbu people, an indigenous tribe living in Nepal, Sikkim (India) and Bhutan ** Limbu language, their Sino-Tibetan language *** Limbu script **** Limbu (Unicode block) * Rambahadur Limbu Rambahadur Limbu, (; 8 July 1939 � ...

, Chhetri, Tamang, Brahman, Sherpa, Bhote, Newar, and Gurung.

Transportation

Phungling Municipality is linked with roadway and airway. It is connected to rest of the country through the

Mechi Highway Mechi Highway or NH02 (previously: H07) () is a two-lane freeway in Koshi Province, spanning about 268 kilometers in length. The highway connects all the districts of former Mechi zone, hence the name ''Mechi''. It runs from the Village Developm ...

, a 268-km road which begins in

Kechana Kechana is a village development committee in Jhapa District in the Koshi Province of south-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 of Sta ...

Jhapa Jhapa District (; ) is a district of Koshi Province in eastern Nepal named after a Rajbanshi Surjapuri language word "Jhapa", meaning "to cover" (verb). The 2021 Nepal Census, puts the total population of the district at 994,090. The total a ...

district and ends in Taplejung. Passenger buses and jeeps to Taplejung are easily available in

Birtamod Birtamod ( Nepali: बिर्तामोड नगरपालिका) is a municipality in Jhapa District of Nepal. It is the commercial, educational and transport hub of Jhapa District. Sarnamati Bazar, Dhulabari Bazar, Dhaijan Bazar, Cha ...

Suketar Airport Taplejung Airport , also known as Suketar Airport, is a domestic airport located in Phungling serving Taplejung District, a district in Koshi Province in Nepal. It is the main tourist gateway on the Kangchenjunga mountainous area and Pathibhar ...

has flights from Biratnagar and Kathmandu.

Media

To promote local culture Phungling has 3 FM radio stations: Radio Tamor - 102.0 MHz which is a

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 ...

station, Taplejung F.M. - 94.0 MHz and Radio Faktanglung 89.8 MHz.

Pathibhara Devi Temple

One of the major attractions is the

Pathibhara Devi Temple Pathibhara Devi/Mukumlung Temple (Nepali language, Nepali: पाथिभरा देवी मन्दिर) is one of the most significant ''Shaktipeeth'' in Nepal, located on the top hill of Taplejung District, Taplejung mountains. It is a ...

. This little-known region attracts tourists seeking spiritual fulfillment and blessings from the powerful Pathibhara Devi. Kiranti, Hindus and Buddhists reach the temple for celebrations during special occasions. The trek to pathibhara Devi (3794 m) combined with the natural and cultural experiences of the region make the visit a unique exhilarating experience. It takes a day to reach the temple on foot from Taplejung Bazaar. On the way to the temple are many species of rhododendron which are unique.

Climate

Phungling has a

subtropical highland climate An oceanic climate, also known as a marine climate or maritime climate, is the temperate climate sub-type in Köppen classification represented as ''Cfb'', typical of west coasts in higher middle latitudes of continents, generally featuring c ...

(Cwb) with cool, dry winters and warm, rainy summers.

Notable person

* Chhurim, mountaineer, first woman to climb Everest twice in the same season. *

Te-ongsi Sirijunga Xin Thebe Tye-Angsi Sirijanga Thebe Limbu (ᤋᤧᤀᤱᤛᤡ ᤛᤡᤖᤡᤈᤱᤃᤠ ᤛᤡᤱᤌᤧᤒᤣ ᤕᤠᤰᤌᤢᤶᤒᤠ) was an 18th-century Limbu scholar, educator, historian, linguist, leader, and philosopher of Limbuwan (Nepal) and Si ...

: Limbu martyr and legend. * Til Kumar Menyangbo Limbu: Politician * Surya Man Gurung:Politician *

Sanduk Ruit Sanduk Ruit (; ) is an ophthalmologist from Nepal who was involved to restore the sight of over 180,000 people across Africa and Asia using small-incision cataract surgery. Ruit is the founder and the executive director of the Tilganga Institu ...

References

External links

UN map of the municipalities of Taplejung District
{{Municipalities of Koshi Province Populated places in Taplejung District Nepal municipalities established in 2014 Municipalities in Koshi Province Hill stations in Nepal Municipalities in Taplejung District