Lumbini Sanskritik

Lumbini Cultural Municipality

लुम्बिनी सांस्कृतिक नगरपालिका
Lumbini Cultural Municipality लुम्बिनी सांस्कृतिक नगरपालिका
Municipality
	Lumbini Cultural Municipality Location of Lumbini Sanskritik
	Coordinates: 27.46716°N 83.27491°E
Country	Nepal
Province	Lumbini Province
District	Rupandehi
No. of wards	13
Established	18 May 2014
Incorporated (VDC)	Lumbini Adarsha, Bhagawanpur, Tenahawa, Ekala, Khudabazar, Madhuwani, Masina
Government
• Type	Mayor–council
• Body	Lumbini Cultural Municipality
• Mayor	Mr. Sajruddin Musalman (RC)
• Deputy Mayor	Mrs. Kalpana Harijan (CPN-UML)
Area
• Total	112.21 km2 (43.32 sq mi)
Population (2011)
• Total	72,497
Time zone	UTC+05:45 (NPT)
Postal Codes	32914
Telephone Code	71
Major highways	F011
Website	lumbinisanskritikmun.gov.np

Lumbini Sanskritik (Nepali: लुम्बिनी सांस्कृतिक) is a municipality situated in Rupandehi District of Lumbini Province in Nepal. Lumbini, the Buddhist pilgrimage site where Buddha was born lies in the center of this municipality.

This Lumbini Cultural Municipality was formed merging the existing Lumbini Adarsha Village development committee to six other Village Development Committees i.e. Bhagawanpur, Tenahawa, Ekala, Khudabazar, Madhuwani, Masina. This municipality came into existence following the government decision since 18 May 2014 [1][2] Total area of this municipality is 112.21 square kilometres (43.32 sq mi) and total population of the municipality as of 2011 Nepal census is 72,497. The municipality is divided into 13 wards.[3][4] The municipality is located at 18 km of distance from the district headquarters of Siddharthanagar.

References

72 new municipalities announced Archived 2014-06-18 at the Wayback Machine My Republica
Govt announces 72 new municipalities Archived 2014-10-06 at the Wayback Machine The Kathmandu Post
"District Corrected Last for RAJAPATRA" (PDF). www.mofald.gov.np. Retrieved 17 July 2018.
"स्थानीय तहहरुको विवरण" [Details of the local level bodies]. www.mofald.gov.np/en (in Nepali). Ministry of Federal Affairs and Local Development. Archived from the original on 31 August 2018. Retrieved 17 July 2018.

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[1] 72 new municipalities announced Archived 2014-06-18 at the Wayback Machine My Republica

[2] Govt announces 72 new municipalities Archived 2014-10-06 at the Wayback Machine The Kathmandu Post

[3] "District Corrected Last for RAJAPATRA" (PDF). www.mofald.gov.np. Retrieved 17 July 2018.

[4] "स्थानीय तहहरुको विवरण" [Details of the local level bodies]. www.mofald.gov.np/en (in Nepali). Ministry of Federal Affairs and Local Development. Archived from the original on 31 August 2018. Retrieved 17 July 2018.