Jayaprithvi
Jayaprithvi Municipality
जयपृथ्वी नगरपालिका Chainpur | |
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  Jayaprithvi Municipality Location in Nepal | |
| Coordinates: 29°33′N 81°12′E / 29.550°N 81.200°ECoordinates: 29°33′N 81°12′E / 29.550°N 81.200°E | |
| Country |  Nepal |
| Province | Sudurpashchim Pradesh |
| District | Bajhang District |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Birendra Bahadur Khadka |
| • Deputy Mayor | Juna Jagri |
| Time zone | UTC+5:45 (NST) |
| Postal code | 10500 |
| Area code(s) | 092 |
Jayaprithvi (ancient name Chainpur[citation needed]) is a municipality and the district headquarter of Bajhang District in Sudurpashchim Pradesh of Nepal that was established on 18 May 2014 by merging the two former Village development committees Rithapata, Chainpur, Hemantabada, Luyanta and Subeda.[1][2] It lies on the bank of Seti River. At the time of the 2011 Nepal census it had a population of 22,191 people living in 4,015 individual households.[3]
Transportation[]
Bajhang Airport lies in Old-Rithapata.[4]
References[]
- ^ "72 new municipalities announced". My Republica.com. Archived from the original on 2014-06-18. Retrieved 2014-06-10.
- ^ "Government announces 72 new municipalities". The Kathmandu Post. Archived from the original on 2014-10-06. Retrieved 2014-06-10.
- ^ "National Population and Housing Census 2011" (PDF). Central Bureau of Statistics. November 2017. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 January 2018. Retrieved 1 May 2018.
- ^ "Bajhang Airport" (PDF). Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 May 2018. Retrieved 1 May 2018.
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