Venues
| Birgunj |
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| Narayani Stadium Capacity: 20,000+ |
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| Host city | Birgunj, Nepal |
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| Teams | 14 |
| Athletes | 2,775 |
| Sport | 21 |
| Main venue | Narayani Stadium, Birgunj |
The 1986 National Games of Nepal, [2] is held in Birgunj, Narayani Zone.
| Birgunj |
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| Narayani Stadium Capacity: 20,000+ |
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Teams are from all 14 Zones participated in the this edition of National Games of Nepal.
| Rank | Zone | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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| 1 | Bagmati Zone | 66 | 35 | 37 | 138 |
| 2 | Kosi Zone | 18 | 28 | 27 | 73 |
| 3 | Narayani Zone* | 13 | 22 | 29 | 64 |
| 4 | Bheri Zone | 10 | 5 | 10 | 25 |
| 5 | Sagarmatha Zone | 8 | 0 | 7 | 15 |
| 6 | Gandaki Zone | 7 | 24 | 26 | 57 |
| 7 | Lumbini Zone | 6 | 8 | 10 | 24 |
| 8 | Seti Zone | 5 | 10 | 6 | 21 |
| 9 | Mechi Zone | 4 | 9 | 11 | 24 |
| 10 | Rapti Zone | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 |
| Dhaulagiri Zone | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | |
| 12 | Janakpur Zone | 2 | 5 | 6 | 13 |
| 13 | Mahakali Zone | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 14 | Karnali Zone | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Total (14 zones) | 146 | 150 | 178 | 474 | |
Nepal measures about 880 kilometers (547 mi) along its Himalayan axis by 150 to 250 kilometers across. It has an area of 147,516 km2 (56,956 sq mi).
Narayani was one of the fourteen zones of Nepal until the restructuring of zones to Provinces, located in the central south of the country. The headquarter of Narayani zone was Hetauda. Narayani Zone is named after the Narayani River which is on the western border of the zone, separating it from the Gandaki and Lumbini zones. Narayani means beloved of Narayan which is Parvati his sister, and Narayan refers to Lord Vishnu in the Hindu religion.
Chitwan District is one of 77 districts of Nepal, and takes up the southwestern corner of Bagmati Province. Bharatpur, largest city of Nepal after Kathmandu, is its administrative centre. It covers 2,238.39 km2 (864.25 sq mi), and in 2011 had a population of 579,984 people. Bharatpur is the commercial and service centre of South Central Nepal and a major destination for higher education, health care and transportation in the region. Chitwan lies in the Terai region of Nepal. It is in the drainage basin of the Gandaki River and is roughly triangular, taking that river as its meandering northwestern border, and a modest watershed border, with India, as the basis of its southern limit. Local government: Bharatpur Metropolitan, Rapti Municipality, Ratnanagar Municipality, Kalika Municipality, Khairahani Municipality, Madi Municipality, Ikshyakamana Gaupalika
Narayani may refer to:
Birgunj is a metropolitan city in Parsa District in Madhes Pradesh in southern Nepal. It lies 135 km (84 mi) south of the capital Kathmandu, attached in the north to Raxaul on the border of the Indian state of Bihar. As an entry point to Nepal from Patna, Birganj is known as the "Gateway of Nepal". It is also called the "Commercial Capital of Nepal". The town has significant economic importance for Nepal as most of the trade with India is via Birganj and the Indian town of Raxaul. The Tribhuvan Highway links Birgunj to Nepal's capital, Kathmandu.
Bharatpur is a city in south central Nepal. It is the third most populous city of Nepal after Kathmandu and Pokhara with 369,377 inhabitants in 2021. It is also the second largest metropolitan city in Nepal by area. It is the district headquarter of the Chitwan District.
Bhujel, also called Bujhyal, is a Chepangic language of Greater Magaric Branch spoken in central Nepal. It is a semi-tonal language, employing a complex array of affixes. It is believed that their original homeland was Nisi-Buji area of Baglung. In addition, Bhujel term is also the clan name of various ethnic groups including Brahmin, Chhetri & Magar. Bhujel people normally are with Mongoloid features rather than with Caucasoid features. Due to the social structure & social development, This term has been the identity of many other ethnic people too.
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