Chandannath
Chandannath
चन्दननाथ नगरपालिका | |
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Municipality | |
 Photo of Chandannath Municipality taken from Twin Otter | |
  Chandannath Location in Nepal | |
| Coordinates: 29°10′N 82°07′E / 29.17°N 82.12°E / 29.17; 82.12 | |
| Country |  Nepal |
| Province | Karnali[1] |
| District | Jumla |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Kantika Sejuwal |
| • Deputy Chief | Apsara Devi Neupane |
| Population (1991) | |
| • Total | 5,842 |
| Time zone | UTC+5:45 (NST) |
| Postal code | 21200 [2] |
| Website | chandannathmun.gov.np |
Chandannath is a municipality in Jumla District in the Karnali Province of Nepal. The municipality was established on 18 May 2014 by merging the existing Mahat Gaun, Talium, Kartik Swami (Jumla), and Chandannath village development committees (VDCs).[3][4] At the time of the 1991 Nepal census it had a population of 5,842 persons living in 1,000 individual households.[5]
Politics and Leadership
Kantika Sejuwal of Nepali Congress is the first elected mayor of Chandannath Municipality in Karnali Province, polling 2,777 votes against 2066 by her nearest rival from CPN Maoist Center. Sejuwal is also the only woman elected mayor in the province with its 25 municipalities, apart from 54 rural municipalities.[6]
Twin towns – sister cities
References
- ^ "Prov 6 named as Karnali, permanent capital in Birendranagar". myrepublica. Retrieved 10 March 2018.
- ^ "Postcode ZIP code Jumla, Nepal - GeoPostcodes". Archived from the original on 2018-03-11. Retrieved 2018-03-11.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Nepal Census 2001". Nepal's Village Development Committees. Digital Himalaya. Archived from the original on 12 October 2008. Retrieved 11 September 2008.
- ^ "Kantika Sejuwal elected mayor of Chandannath Municipality in Province-6". República.
External links
- UN map of the municipalities of Jumla District
Headquarter: Jumla | ||
| Municipalities: 1 |
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| Rural municipalities: 7 | ||
List of municipalities and rural municipalities of Nepal | ||
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