Kankai Municipality

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Kankai Municipality
कन्काई नगरपालिका
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Kankai Municipality
Location of Kankai Municipality in Province No. 1
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Kankai Municipality
Kankai Municipality (Nepal)
Coordinates: 26°38′N87°59′E / 26.633°N 87.983°E / 26.633; 87.983
CountryFlag of Nepal.svg    Nepal
Zone Mechi Zone
District Jhapa
Wards9
IncorporatedNovember 16, 1960
Government
  Type Mayor–council
  BodyKankai Municipality
   Mayor Rajendra Kumar Pokharel (NCP)
   Deputy Mayor Asha Sharma Shiwakoti(NC)
Elevation
300 m (1,000 ft)
Time zone UTC+05:45 (NST)
Area code 023
Website official website

Kankai Municipality is a municipality in Jhapa District of eastern Nepal.

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This municipality is formed merging two village development committees i.e. Ghailadubba and Surunga in May 2014. [1] [2] This municipality is one of the developed and biggest municipalities in Jhapa.

Trade centers

Tourist destinations

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References

  1. 72 new municipalities announced Archived 2014-06-18 at the Wayback Machine My Republica
  2. Govt announces 72 new municipalities Archived 2014-10-06 at the Wayback Machine The Kathmandu Post
  3. "Kankai Dham". Kankai Dham organization.