Apihimal Rural Municipality

This article is about a rural council. For mountain, see Api (mountain).

Apihimal (Nepali: अपि हिमाल) is a Rural council (Gaupalika) in Darchula District in the Sudurpashchim Province of far-western Nepal.^[1]

Apihimal Rural Municipality अपि हिमाल गाउँपालिका
Rural Municipality
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Coordinates: 29.86022°N 80.9067°E / 29.86022; 80.9067
Country	Nepal
Province	Sudurpashchim Province
District	Darchula District
Government
• Type	Local government
• Chairperson	Bhakta Singh Thekare Bohara
• Administrative Head	Indra Bahadur Rawal
Area
• Total	613.95 km2 (237.05 sq mi)
Population  (2011 census)
• Total	6,779
• Density	11/km2 (29/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+05:45 (Nepal Standard Time)
Website	http://apihimalmun.gov.np

Apihimal has a population of 6779.The land area is 613.95 km².^[2]

Etymology

The rural council has named after the Api (mountain), here the word Himal stands for the Nepali translation of Mountain.

Geography

There are mountains such as Api, Nampa, Kapchuli and Jethi in this rural municipality.^[3]