Mechinagar
| Mechinagar मेचीनगर | |
|---|---|
| Municipality | |
  Mechinagar Location in Nepal | |
| Coordinates: 26°40′00″N 88°07′20″E / 26.66667°N 88.12222°ECoordinates: 26°40′00″N 88°07′20″E / 26.66667°N 88.12222°E | |
| Country |
 Nepal |
| Zone | Mechi Zone |
| District | Jhapa District |
| Time zone | Nepal Time (UTC+5:45) |
| Postal code | 57207, 57208 |
| Area code(s) | 023 |
| Website | mechinagarmun.gov.np |
Mechinagar (Nepali: मेचीनगर) is a municipality in Jhapa District, Mechi Zone, Nepal and is the main entry point from India on Nepal's eastern border. Nepal's custom office is in Kakarvitta (Nepali: काँकडभिट्टा), a section of the municipality.
Mechinagar municipality was created by combining Dhulabari (Nepali: धुलाबारी) and Kankarbhitta and Itabhatta (इटाभट्टा) Village Development Committee.
Mechinagar has two FM radio station Radio Sargam - 88.8 MHz and FM mechi tunes -96.8 MHz . They both are community radio station.
In the 1991 census it had 37.108 inhabitants, in 2001 40.060. The estimate for 2005 is 56.173.
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