Kowang

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Kowang
कोवाङ
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Kowang
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Kowang
Kowang (Nepal)
Coordinates: 28°41′N83°35′E / 28.69°N 83.58°E / 28.69; 83.58 Coordinates: 28°41′N83°35′E / 28.69°N 83.58°E / 28.69; 83.58
CountryFlag of Nepal.svg    Nepal
Province Gandaki Province
District Mustang District
Population
 (1991)
  Total659
Time zone UTC+5:45 (Nepal Time)

Kowang is a village in Mustang District and former village development committee (VDC) in the Dhawalagiri Zone of northern Nepal. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census it had a population of 659 people living in 170 individual households. [1]

The VDC was abolished along with the other VDCs in March 2017 (replaced by Rural Municipalities), becoming part of the Thasang Rural Municipality, while the Dhawalagiri Zone was abolished along with the other Zones (replaced by provinces) in 2015, becoming part of Gandaki Province.

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References

  1. "Nepal Census 2001", Nepal's Village Development Committees, Digital Himalaya, archived from the original on October 12, 2008, retrieved 15 November 2009.