She Phoksundo Rural Municipality

For national park, see Shey Phoksundo National Park.

She Phoksundo (Nepali: शे फोक्सुण्डो गाउँपालिका) is a rural municipality located in Dolpa District of Karnali Province of Nepal.^[1][2][3]

She Phoksundo शे फोक्सुण्डो गाउँपालिका
Rural Municipality
She Phoksundo Location in Nepal
Coordinates: 29.42°N 83.09°E / 29.42; 83.09
Country	Nepal
Province	Karnali Province
District	Dolpa
Wards	9
Established	10 March 2017
Government
• Type	Rural Council
• Chairperson	Mr.Tashi Tunduk Gurung (NCP)
• Vice-chairperson	Mr.Dawa Sanduk Gurung -Independent
Area
• Total	123.07 km2 (47.52 sq mi)
Population  (2011)
• Total	3,099
• Density	25.18/km2 (65.22/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+5:45 (NST)
Headquarter	Saldang
Website	shephoksundomun.gov.np

The rural municipality is divided into a total of nine wards. The headquarters of the rural municipality is situated at Saldang.

Geography

It is situated at coordinates of 29° 20' 00" N to 29° 51' 00" N Latitudes and 82° 89' 00" E to 83° 09' 00" E of Longitudes. The lowest elevation is 2300m and the highest elevation is 7,425m below sea level.

Shey Phoksundo Gaunpalika was incorporated on 10 March 2017 (Falgun 27, 2073 BS) fulfilling the requirement of the Constitution of Nepal 2015 (2072 BS). Ministry of Federal Affairs and General Administration (MoFAGA) replaced all old VDCs and Municipalities into 753 new local level bodies. Saldang, Bhijer, and Phoksundo Village development committees (VDCs) were incorporated to form this Gaunpalika. The name of this Gaunpalika was enrolled by the name of Shey Phoksundo Lake.

Demographics

At the time of the 2011 Nepal census, 56.7% of the population in She Phoksundo Rural Municipality spoke Sherpa, 23.3% Kham, 17.6% Gurung, 1.4% Nepali and 0.6% Tamang as their first language; 0.4% spoke other languages.

In terms of ethnicity/caste, 76.7% were Dolpo, 17.8% Gurung, 2.9% Tamang, 0.9% Bhote, 0.4% Chhetri, 0.4% Magar and 0.9% others.

In terms of religion, 97.1% were Buddhist, 2.5% Hindu and 0.4% Bon.^[4]