Solukhumbu District
District in Koshi Province, Nepal / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Solukhumbu District (Nepali: सोलुखुम्बु जिल्ला [solukʰumbu] ⓘ, Sherpa: ཤར་ཁུམ་བུ་རྫོང་།, 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 code assigned to it is the Sindhuli D.P.O., which has the postal code 56000.
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Solukhumbu District
सोलुखुम्बु जिल्ला | |
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Nickname: Khumbu | |
Coordinates: 27°20′39″N 86°0′21″E to 28°6′24″N 87°0′1″E | |
Country | Nepal |
Province | Koshi Province |
Established | 1962 |
Admin HQ. | Salleri |
Municipality | |
Government | |
• Type | Coordination committee |
• Body | DCC, Solukhumbu |
• Head | Bir Kumar Rai (NCP) |
• Parliamentary constituencies | 1 |
• Provincial constituencies | 2 |
• Chief District Officer | Anil Khanal |
Area | |
• Total | 3,312 km2 (1,279 sq mi) |
Highest elevation | 8,848 m (29,029 ft) |
Lowest elevation | 600 m (2,000 ft) |
Population (2021)[1] | |
• Total | 104,768 |
• Density | 32/km2 (82/sq mi) |
• Households | 23,758[2] |
Demographics | |
• Ethnic groups | |
• Female ♀ | 52%[2] |
Human Development Index | |
• Income per capita (US dollars) | $1,841 per capita |
• Poverty rate | 25.7 |
• Literacy | 64%[2] |
• Life Expectancy | 68.8[2] |
Time zone | UTC+05:45 (NPT) |
Postal Codes | 56000..., 56010 |
Telephone Code | 38 |
Website | ddcsolukhumbu |
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The district, with Salleri as its headquarters, covers an area of 3,312 km2 (1,279 sq mi) and had a population 107,686 in 2001 and 105,886 in 2011.[3]
Mount Everest is in the northern part of this district, within Sagarmatha National Park.