Sankhuwasabha District

Sankhuwasabha District सङ्खुवासभा जिल्ला
District
Yangle Kharka, a place in Sankhuwasabha
Location of Sankhuwasabha in province
Sankhuwasabha District with local level body Sankhuwasabha District with local level body
Coordinates: 27°06′N 86°57′E to 27°55′N 87°40′E
Country	Nepal
Province	Province No. 1
Established	1962
Admin HQ.	Khandbari
Municipality	List Urban Chainpur Dharmadevi Khandbari Madi Panchkhapan Rural Bhotkhola Chichila Makalu Savapokhari Silichong
Government
• Type	Coordination committee
• Body	DCC, Sankhuwasabha
• Head	Suman Shakya
• Deputy-Head	Ambika Bhujel
• Parliamentary constituencies	1
• Provincial constituencies	2
Area
• Total	3,480 km2 (1,340 sq mi)
Highest elevation	8,463 m (27,766 ft)
Lowest elevation	457 m (1,499 ft)
Population  (2011)
• Total	158,742
• Density	46/km2 (120/sq mi)
• Households	34,615
Demographics
• Ethnic groups	Rai, Yakkha, Kulung, Limbu,, Chettri, Tamang, Sherpa, Gurung
• Female ♀	53%
Human Development Index
• Income per capita (US dollars)	$1,193
• Poverty rate	21%
• Literacy	69%
• Life Expectancy	68.4
Time zone	UTC+05:45 (NPT)
Postal Codes	56900..., 56913
Telephone Code	029
Main Language(s)	Nepali, Yakkha, Kulung, Limbu
Website	ddcsankhuwasabha.gov.np

Sankhuwasabha District (Template:Lang-ne Listen^ⓘ) is one of 14 districts of Province No. 1 of eastern Nepal. The district's area is 3,480 km² with a population of 159,203 in 2001 and 158,742 in 2011. The administrative center is Khandbari.

Bordering districts are Bhojpur, Terhathum and Dhankuta in Koshi Zone; Solukhumbu in Sagarmatha Zone; and Taplejung in Mechi Zone. Tingri County of Shigatse Prefecture in the Tibet Autonomous Region of China borders to the north.

Geography and climate

Climate Zone	Elevation Range	% of Area
Lower Tropical	below 300 meters (1,000 ft)	0.3%
Upper Tropical	300 to 1,000 meters 1,000 to 3,300 ft.	10.0%
Subtropical	1,000 to 2,000 meters 3,300 to 6,600 ft.	24.8%
Temperate	2,000 to 3,000 meters 6,400 to 9,800 ft.	23.3%
Subalpine	3,000 to 4,000 meters 9,800 to 13,100 ft.	12.8%
Alpine	4,000 to 5,000 meters 13,100 to 16,400 ft.	8.4%
Nival	above 5,000 meters	20.4%

The Arun River enters from Tibet at an elevation of about 3,500 meters (11,500 feet) and flows south across the district, forming one of the world's deepest valleys relative to 8,481 meter Makalu to the west and 8,586 meter Kangchenjunga to the east.

Demographics

At the time of the 2011 Nepal census, Sankhuwasabha District had a population of 158,742. Of these, 46.2% spoke Nepali, 8.8% Tamang, 8.0% Sherpa, 6.6% Kulung, 5.0% Limbu, 4.3% Yakkha, 3.2% Yamphu, 2.9% Gurung, 2.3% Magar, 2.2% Rai, 1.9% Newari, 1.8% Lohorung, 1.6% Mewahang, 1.1% Khaling, 0.9% Chamling and 0.6% Thulung as their first language.

48.3% of the population in the district spoke Nepali as their second language. Major ethnicities in the district are Chhetri (18%), Rai (11%), Tamang (10%), Kulung (6%), Sherpa (6%), Limbu (5%), Gurung (5), Bahun (5%), Kami (5%), Yakkha (4%) and others (28%).

See also

• Arun Valley
• Tumlingtar Airport

External links

• "Districts of Nepal". Statoids.
• "Sankhuwasabha District". Sankhuwasabha.com. Retrieved 4 January 2013.