Solududhkunda Municipality

Solududhkunda (Nepali: सोलुदुधकुण्ड नगरपालिका) (earlier:Dudhkunda) is the only municipality of Solukhumbu District. Located in Koshi Province of Nepal. The town of Salleri, which is located within the municipality is the headquarter of Solukhumbu District^[1] It was formed in 2014^[2] by merging four VDCs: Salleri, Garma, Loding Tamakhani and Beni and was divided into 9 wards. Total area of the municipality had 254.3 square kilometres (98.2 sq mi) and population of municipality had 20,399 individuals living in 5,368 households (2011 Nepal census).^[3][4]

Solududhkunda सोलुदूधकुण्ड नगरपालिका
Municipality
A view from Salleri
Solududhkunda Location in Province No. Show map of Koshi Province Solududhkunda Solududhkunda (Nepal) Show map of Nepal
Coordinates: 27°30′16″N 86°35′11″E
Country	Nepal
Province	Koshi
District	Solukhumbu
No. of wards	11
Established	3 December 2014
Incorporated (VDC)	Salleri, Garma, Loding Tamakhani, Beni, Taksindu, Kerung, Gorakhani, Tapting, Tingla
Government
• Type	Mayor–council
• Body	Solududhkunda Municipality
• Mayor	Namgel Jangbu Sherpa (NC)
• Deputy Mayor	Gandhi Maya Tamang (Nepali Congress NC)
• MP & Constituency	Solukhumbu 1 Manbir Rai (NCP)
• MLA & Constituency	Solukhumbu 1(B) Buddhi Kumar Rajbhandari (NCP)
Area
• Total	565.06 km2 (218.17 sq mi)
Population  (2011)
• Total	24,323
• Density	43/km2 (110/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+05:45 (NPT)
Website	solududhkundamun.gov.np

In March 2017, restructuring of local level units in Nepal^[5] brought some changing in area and population. More VDCs added to the municipality: Takasindu, Kerung, Gorakhani and Tapting. After adding more VDCs to the municipality, total area of the municipality increased to 538.09 square kilometres (207.76 sq mi) and population increased to 20,399 people.^[4]

Tingla VDC was added again to this municipality on 26 February 2018 and finally the total area of this municipality became 565.06 square kilometres (218.17 sq mi) and population became 24,323 people.^[4][6]

Etymology

Solududhkunda is a combination of two words "Solu" and "Dudhkunda". "Solu" is a river which flows in this region and "Dudhkunda" is a lake located east of Solu river. The municipality has gain her name on river and lake which are famous in this region.

Salleri

Salleri is the main town or centre of Solududhkunda Municipality. It was a separate local level rural unit before 2014. According to the 2011 Nepal census it had total population of 6,590 individuals living in 1,682 households.^[7]

Salleri is now divided into three wards. Ward no. 4, 5 and 6 of Solududhkunda Municipality were part of Salleri Village development committee. Headquarters of Solududhkunda municipality is situated at ward no. 5.

Media

To promote local culture, Solududhkunda Municipality has two community radio stations – Radio Dudhkoshi (94.6 MHz) and Solu FM (101.2 MHz) and Himal FM.^[8][9]

Transportation

Most parts of Dudhkunda municipality have access to local roads. Phaplu Airport is located in Phaplu in the northern part of the municipality. After the development of Phaplu Airport, internal and foreign tourists have been using the road network for trekking to Pikey Peak and Dudh Kunda. ^[10]

Climate

Climate data for Chialsa, elevation 2,770 m (9,090 ft)
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Mean daily maximum °C (°F)	7.4 (45.3)	8.8 (47.8)	13.1 (55.6)	15.5 (59.9)	16.4 (61.5)	18.0 (64.4)	18.2 (64.8)	18.6 (65.5)	17.5 (63.5)	15.6 (60.1)	11.2 (52.2)	8.8 (47.8)	14.1 (57.4)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F)	−2.4 (27.7)	0.9 (33.6)	2.2 (36.0)	6.0 (42.8)	7.8 (46.0)	10.5 (50.9)	11.0 (51.8)	10.9 (51.6)	9.9 (49.8)	6.5 (43.7)	1.1 (34.0)	−1.6 (29.1)	5.2 (41.4)
Average precipitation mm (inches)	9.2 (0.36)	11.4 (0.45)	24.2 (0.95)	43.8 (1.72)	98.7 (3.89)	290.9 (11.45)	510.6 (20.10)	482.6 (19.00)	266.9 (10.51)	76.2 (3.00)	9.4 (0.37)	7.7 (0.30)	1,831.6 (72.1)
Source 1: Australian National University[11]
Source 2: Japan International Cooperation Agency (precipitation)[12]