Tanahun District

Tanahun तनहुँ
District
Location of Tanahun
Country	Nepal
Region	Western (Pashchimanchal)
Zone	Gandaki
Established	1872
Headquarters	Damauli
Area
• Total	1,546 km^2 (597 sq mi)
Population (2011)
• Total	3,23,288
• Density	210/km^2 (540/sq mi)
Time zone	NPT (UTC+5:45)
Website	http://ddctanahu.gov.np

Tanahun District (Nepali: तनहुँ जिल्ला Listen ), a part of Province No. 4, is one of the seventy-five districts of Nepal, a landlocked country of South Asia. The district, with Damauli as its district headquarters, covers an area of 1,546 km² and has a population (2001) of 315,237. Previously the town of Bandipur was its district headquarter. This district lies in the middlemost of country Nepal. The Veda Vyas,writer of the holy Mahabharata was born in this district near its headquarters Damauli, at the meeting point of river Seti and Madi. That is why the headquarters is named as Vyas Municipality.

Coordinates and location type

• Latitude: 27.91667
• Longitude:84.25
• Latitude (DMS):27° 55' 0 N
• Longitude (DMS):84° 15' 0 E

Geography and climate

Climate Zone[1]	Elevation Range	% of Area
Lower Tropical	below 300 meters (1,000 ft)	2.3%
Upper Tropical	300 to 1,000 meters 1,000 to 3,300 ft.	88.0%
Subtropical	1,000 to 2,000 meters 3,300 to 6,600 ft.	8.8%

Village Development Committees (VDCs)

Map of the VDCs in Tanahu District

• Anbu Khaireni Municipality
• Arunodaya
• Baidi
• Bandipur Municipality
• Bhanu Municipality
• Bhanumati
• Bhimad
• Bhirkot
• Bhirlung
• Byas Municipality
• Chhang
• Chhimkeshwari
• Chhipchhipe
• Chok Chisapani
• Deurali
• Devghat
• Dharampani
• Dhorphirdi
• Gajarkot
• Ghansikuwa
• Jamune Bhanjyang
• Kabilas
• Kahu Shivapur
• Keshavtar
• Kihun
• Kota
• Kotdarbar
• Kyamin
• Majhakot
• Manpang
• Phirphire
• Purkot
• Raipur
• Ramjakot
• Ranipokhari
• Risti
• Rupakot
• Satiswara
• Shuklagandaki Municipality
• Sundhara
• Syamgha
• Tanahunsur
• Thaprek

Map Of Tanahu

http://www.un.org.np/maps/district-maps/western/Tanahu.pdf

See also

• Western Region Campus
• Zones of Nepal
• Bhanubhakta Acharya
• Nara Nath Acharya

References

1. The Map of Potential Vegetation of Nepal - a forestry/agroecological/biodiversity classification system (PDF), . Forest & Landscape Development and Environment Series 2-2005 and CFC-TIS Document Series No.110., 2005, ISBN 87-7903-210-9, retrieved Nov 22, 2013 horizontal tab character in |series= at position 91 (help)

Districts of Nepal at statoids.com

Coordinates: 27°55′N 84°15′E / 27.917°N 84.250°E