Vyas Municipality
Municipality in Gandaki Province, Nepal / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Vyas (Byas), is a municipality of Tanahun District located in Gandaki Province in Nepal and incorporates the village Damauli, the district headquarters, for which the municipality is also often referred to as Damauli.[2] The municipality was established by merging the former Village development committee Damauli with several of its neighbors,[when?] the most recent merger being the one with Pokhari Bhanjyang in 2014. It lies on the bank of Madi Khola.
Vyas Municipality
व्यास नगरपालिका | |
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Coordinates: 27°58′35″N 84°16′05″E | |
Country | Nepal |
Province | Gandaki |
District | Tanahun |
Government | |
• Mayor | Baikuntha Neupane (NC) |
• Deputy Mayor | Indira Darai (NC) |
Area | |
• Total | 86 km2 (33 sq mi) |
Population (2011) | |
• Total | 70,335 |
• Density | 820/km2 (2,100/sq mi) |
Languages | |
Time zone | UTC+5:45 (NST) |
Postal code | 33900[1] |
Website | http://vyasmun.gov.np/ |
It is one of the municipalities, which could be formed after the re-establishment of multiparty democracy in 1991 A.D.[3] At the time of the 2011 Nepal census, it had a population of 70,335 people living in 18,339 individual households.[4]
It is believed that Sage Vyasadeva (different from the current Vyasa known as Krishna Dwaipayana Vyasa) was born in the vicinity of Vyas, for which the municipality was named after him.[5]