Palpa District
District in Lumbini Province, Nepal / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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This article is about the district of Nepal. For the one in Peru, see Palpa District, Peru.
Palpa District (Nepali: पाल्पा जिल्लाListenⓘ, a part of Lumbini Province, is one of the seventy-seven districts of Nepal, a landlocked country of South Asia. The district, with Tansen as its headquarters, covers an area of 1,373 km2 (530 sq mi) and has a population (2011) of 261,180.[1]
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Pālpā District
पाल्पा जिल्ला | |
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Country | Nepal |
Province | Lumbini Province |
Admin HQ. | Tansen |
Government | |
• Type | Coordination committee |
• Body | DCC, Pālpā |
• Head | Santosh Lal Shrestha (Congress) |
Area | |
• Total | 1,373 km2 (530 sq mi) |
Population (2011) | |
• Total | 261,180 |
• Density | 190/km2 (490/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+05:45 (NPT) |
Telephone Code | 075 |
Website | Official Website |
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Palpa District is not far from Pokhara and easily reached by bus. Palpa was the seat of the Hindu Sen kingdom that ruled over this region from the 16th century for almost 300 years so Headquarter of Palpa is called "Tansen" (Nepali: तानसेन)