Baglung District

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Baglung District is a hilly administrative region in western Nepal known for its suspension bridges, proximity to the Annapurna range, and role as a gateway between the high Himalayas and the lowland valleys.

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Baglung District canonical 11

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Predicate Object
instanceOf district of Nepal ⓘ
administrativeCenter Baglung Municipality ⓘ
administrativeDivisionType district ⓘ
area approximately 1784 square kilometers ⓘ
borders Gulmi District ⓘ
Myagdi District ⓘ
Parbat District ⓘ
Rukum District ⓘ
Syangja District ⓘ
climate temperate to cool ⓘ
country Nepal ⓘ
economy agriculture ⓘ
remittances ⓘ
small-scale trade ⓘ
elevationRange approximately 650–4,200 meters above sea level ⓘ
governingBody District Coordination Committee Baglung ⓘ
hasInfrastructure long suspension bridges over deep gorges ⓘ
hasMajorRiver Badigad River ⓘ
Bhuji Khola ⓘ
Kali Gandaki River ⓘ
linked to: Gandaki River
hasMunicipality Baglung Municipality ⓘ
Galkot Municipality ⓘ
Jaimini Municipality ⓘ
hasTouristAttraction Baglung Kalika Temple ⓘ
Kali Gandaki Gorge viewpoints ⓘ
knownFor proximity to the Annapurna range ⓘ
suspension bridges ⓘ
locatedIn Dhaulagiri Zone ⓘ
linked to: Dhaulagiri region
majorEthnicGroups Brahmin ⓘ
linked to: Brahmins

Chhetri ⓘ
Gurung ⓘ
Magar ⓘ
majorLanguages Magar language ⓘ
Nepali ⓘ
majorReligions Buddhism ⓘ
Hinduism ⓘ
partOf Annapurna region hinterland ⓘ
populationCensus2011 approximately 268613 ⓘ
postalCodePrefix 333 ⓘ
province Gandaki Province ⓘ
region western Nepal ⓘ
role gateway between the high Himalayas and lowland valleys ⓘ
terrain hilly region ⓘ
timeZone Nepal Time ⓘ
transportRole gateway to Dhorpatan region ⓘ
link between mid-hills and high Himalayan districts ⓘ
utcOffset +5:45 ⓘ
vehicleRegistrationCode GA ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Gandaki River → flowsThrough → Baglung District ⓘ
Bagmati Province → containsDistrict → Baglung District ⓘ
Gandaki Province → containsDistrict → Baglung District ⓘ
Parbat District → borderedBy → Baglung District ⓘ
Myagdi District → borders → Baglung District ⓘ
Baglung → locatedIn → Baglung District ⓘ
Baglung → adminCenterOf → Baglung District ⓘ
Dhaulagiri Zone → containsAdministrativeTerritorialEntity → Baglung District ⓘ
subject linked to: Dhaulagiri Zone (historical)
Tamu Kyi → spokenIn → Baglung District ⓘ
Kham Magar → settlementArea → Baglung District ⓘ
Nepal → hasDistrict → Baglung District ⓘ