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Sunwarshi
सुनवर्षि नगरपालिका | |
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Sunwarshi Municipality | |
Coordinates: 26°27′N 87°32′E / 26.45°N 87.54°E | |
Country | Nepal |
Province | Koshi |
District | Morang |
Wards | 9 |
Government | |
• Type | Mayor–council |
• Body | Sunwarshi Municipality |
• Mayor | Shyam Prasad Rajbanshi ( NCP) |
• Deputy Mayor | Mira Devi Das Kewrat ( NCP) |
Area | |
• Total | 106.4 km2 (41.1 sq mi) |
Population (2011) | |
• Total | 50,758 |
Time zone | UTC+5:45 ( NST) |
Website | official website |
Sunwarshi (
Nepali: सुनवर्षि) is an urban municipality in
Morang District of
Province No. 1 of
Nepal. It is one out of nine urban municipalities of
Morang District.
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The municipality was formed in March 2017 merging some former VDCs: e.g. Amardaha, Govindapur, Baradanga and Dainiya, also taken 3 wards from Rangeli Municipality. [1]
The municipality is divided into 9 wards and total area of the municipality is 106.4 km2 and the population of the municipality is 50758, according to the census of Nepal in 2011. [2] [3] The sunawarshi Municipality name was given from oldest Sunawarshi Maharajthan.
It is surrounded by Ratuwamai in east, Rangeli and Kanepokhari in west, Pathari Sanischare in north and India in south.
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