Pakhribas Municipality
Municipality in Koshi, Nepal / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Pakhribas (Nepali: पाख्रीबास नगरपालिका) is an urban municipality out of three urban municipalities located in Dhankuta District of Province No. 1 of Nepal. Pakhribas municipality established on 2 December 2014 merging following VDCs: Pakhribas, Sanne, Phalate, Ghorlikharka and Muga.[1]
Pakhribas
पाख्रिवास | |
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Coordinates: 27.04°N 87.29°E / 27.04; 87.29 | |
Country | Nepal |
Province | Koshi |
District | Dhankuta |
Wards | 10 |
Established | 2 December 2014 |
Government | |
• Mayor | Mr. Brish Bahadur Rai (NCP) |
• Deputy Mayor | Ms. Devkala Paudel Timsina (NCP) |
Population (2011) | |
• Total | 22,078 |
Time zone | UTC+5:45 (NST) |
Postal code | 56809 |
Area code | 026 |
Website | www |
When the Government of Nepal decided to reduce local level body in 753 units, all previous VDCs nullified and merged them with either existed Municipalities or created new Municipality, so Chungmang VDC merged with Pakhribas on 10 March 2017.[1]
The total area of the municipality is 144.29 square kilometres (55.71 sq mi) and the total population of the municipality is 22078 as of 2011 Nepal census. The municipality is divided into total 10 wards.[2]