Dedgaun

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Dedhgaun
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Dedhgaun
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Dedhgaun
Dedhgaun (Nepal)
Coordinates: 27°51′N84°05′E / 27.85°N 84.08°E / 27.85; 84.08
CountryFlag of Nepal.svg   Nepal
Zone Lumbini Zone
District Nawalparasi District
Population
 (1991)
  Total
2,975
Time zone UTC+5:45 (Nepal Time)

Dedhgaun (or Dedgaun) is a village development committee in Nawalparasi District in the Lumbini Zone of southern Nepal. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census it had a population of 2975 people living in 513 individual households. [1]

Dedgaun lies on the bank of the Holy Kali Gandaki River and is surrounded by mountains in all sides.

The Dedgaun area, including the new hydro-electricity project at Baundi Khola, was heavily damaged by floods in September 2008.

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References

  1. "Nepal Census 2001". Nepal's Village Development Committees. Digital Himalaya. Archived from the original on 12 October 2008. Retrieved 18 December 2008.