Tukuche

Tukuche टुकुचे
Village development committee
Tukuche Location in Nepal
Coordinates: 28°44′N 83°37′E / 28.74°N 83.62°ECoordinates: 28°44′N 83°37′E / 28.74°N 83.62°E
Country	Nepal
Zone	Dhawalagiri Zone
District	Mustang District
Population (1991)
• Total	652
Time zone	Nepal Time (UTC+5:45)

Tukuche , sometimes spelt Tukche, is a village development committee in Mustang District in the Dhawalagiri Zone of northern Nepal. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census it had a population of 652 people living in 166 individual households.^[1]

The village is located in the Kali Gandaki Gorge. It is a centre of the Thakali people.

Sights

There are a number of sights of interest in Tukuche:^[2][3][4]

1. Qpar Gompa
2. Rani Gompa
3. Sambha Gompa
4. Tukuche Distillery
5. Thakali Cultural Museum
6. Thak library

References

1. "Nepal Census 2001", Nepal's Village Development Committees (Digital Himalaya), retrieved 15 November 2009.
2. The Thakalis, Bon dKar and Lamaist Monasteries along the Kali Gandaki: The Ancient Salt Route in Western Nepal, RK Rai (1994) Book Faith India
3. Mustang: A lost tibetan kingdom, M Peissel (1968) Futura
4. Trekking in the Nepal Himalaya, Lonely Planet, 2009, p195

External links

• UN map of the municipalities of Mustang District