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Birendranagar
Karnali Pradesh, Nepal · Asia
About Birendranagar
Birendranagar sits on the route: 20 minutes from Surkhet.
Birendranagar is in Karnali Pradesh, Nepal, with about 150,000 people. The nearest town is Surkhet, about 18 km away.
Birendranagar (Nepali: वीरेन्द्रनगर) officially Birendranagar Municipality is a city in Surkhet District in Karnali Province of Nepal.
It is the capital city of Karnali province as well as the district headquarter of Surkhet district. As of March 2022, Birendranagar has a population of 154,886, making it the 17th mostRead more
populous city of Nepal. Birendranagar is the largest city of Karnali province and 7th largest in Western Nepal. It is one of the fastest growing cities of Nepal and is on two national highways, Ratna Highway and Karnali Highway. It is one of the constituent city of the Ratna Highway Metropolitan Areas along with Nepalgunj and Kohalpur. Birendranagar compromises of panoramic view of Mahabharata and Chure ranges and the plain of the inner Terai. A major trade center in mid-western Nepal, Birendranagar is considered the most expensive city to live in Nepal.
In February 2018, the city was made the capital of the province of Karnali. At the 2011 census the city's population was 100,458 in 12,029 households. This city is located in the Surkhet Valley at the northern Bank of Bheri River which separates it from Bheriganga municipality. Birendranagar is named in honour of the late King Birendra, who planned and established it as the first planned town in Nepal.
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Birendranagar is in Karnali Pradesh, Nepal, about 18 km from Surkhet.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 154,886
- Continent
- Asia
- Country
- Nepal
- Region
- Karnali Pradesh
- Timezone
- Asia/Kathmandu
- Coordinates
- 28.5967, 81.6166
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