Okhaldhunga

Okhaldhunga ओखलढुङ्गा
Merged to Siddhicharan Municipality
Okhaldhunga Location in Nepal
Coordinates: 27°19′N86°30′E / 27.317°N 86.500°E / 27.317; 86.500
Country	Nepal
Zone	Sagarmatha Zone
District	Okhaldhunga District
Elevation	1,561 m (5,121 ft)
Population  (1991)
• Total	3,761
Time zone	UTC+5:45 (Nepal Time)

Okhaldhunga is the headquarters of the Okhaldhunga District in the Sagarmatha Zone of Nepal. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census it had a population of 3761 living in 790 individual households. ^[1]

Climate

Climate data for Okhaldhunga, elevation 1,731 m (5,679 ft), (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1983–2017)
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Record high °C (°F)	22.7 (72.9)	27.6 (81.7)	28.8 (83.8)	30.9 (87.6)	30.5 (86.9)	31.2 (88.2)	29.4 (84.9)	29.5 (85.1)	29.3 (84.7)	29.5 (85.1)	27.9 (82.2)	25.6 (78.1)	31.2 (88.2)
Mean daily maximum °C (°F)	15.8 (60.4)	18.1 (64.6)	21.8 (71.2)	24.6 (76.3)	25.2 (77.4)	25.4 (77.7)	24.9 (76.8)	25.1 (77.2)	24.6 (76.3)	23.6 (74.5)	20.8 (69.4)	17.4 (63.3)	22.3 (72.1)
Daily mean °C (°F)	10.6 (51.1)	12.6 (54.7)	16.2 (61.2)	19.1 (66.4)	20.3 (68.5)	21.3 (70.3)	21.3 (70.3)	21.4 (70.5)	20.6 (69.1)	18.7 (65.7)	15.4 (59.7)	12.1 (53.8)	17.5 (63.5)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F)	5.3 (41.5)	7.1 (44.8)	10.5 (50.9)	13.6 (56.5)	15.3 (59.5)	17.2 (63.0)	17.7 (63.9)	17.6 (63.7)	16.6 (61.9)	13.7 (56.7)	10.0 (50.0)	6.7 (44.1)	12.6 (54.7)
Record low °C (°F)	−1.5 (29.3)	0.2 (32.4)	2.7 (36.9)	4.4 (39.9)	6.5 (43.7)	11.3 (52.3)	14.0 (57.2)	10.9 (51.6)	10.2 (50.4)	7.5 (45.5)	3.0 (37.4)	0.6 (33.1)	−1.5 (29.3)
Average precipitation mm (inches)	12.0 (0.47)	14.9 (0.59)	25.8 (1.02)	66.5 (2.62)	153.0 (6.02)	292.9 (11.53)	417.8 (16.45)	416.0 (16.38)	265.0 (10.43)	61.2 (2.41)	8.0 (0.31)	8.2 (0.32)	1,741.3 (68.56)
Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm)	1.6	2.2	3.9	7.9	14.0	18.4	22.2	21.4	16.3	5.4	1.0	0.8	115.1
Source 1: World Meteorological Organization [2]
Source 2: Department of Hydrology and Meteorology [3] [4]

Media

To promote local culture Okhaldhunga has two FM radio stations: Radio Likhu (91.3 MHz) and Ramailo Samudayek Radio (100.6 MHz), both of which are community radio stations. ^{[5] [6] [7]}

Gallery

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  tholedema khijeeview
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  toledema
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  Gaungtol
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  dandakhi
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  KhijiV
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  KhijiDVC2
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  Khijee3
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  Khiji4
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  satatol
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  Portrait of a woman at Okhaldunga
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  Portrait of a woman at Okhaldunga

References

1. "Nepal Census 2001", Nepal's Village Development Committees, Digital Himalaya, archived from the original on October 12, 2008, retrieved 15 November 2009.
2. "World Meteorological Organization Climate Normals for 1991–2020". World Meteorological Organization. Retrieved 14 October 2023.
3. "PRECIPITATION NORMAL (MM) (1991-2020)" (PDF). Department of Hydrology and Meteorology. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 October 2023. Retrieved 14 October 2023.
4. "Annual Extreme Temperatures" (PDF). Department of Hydrology and Meteorology. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 October 2023. Retrieved 15 October 2023.
5. "ASSOCIATION OF COMMUNITY RADIO BROADCASTERS NEPAL (ACORAB)::Introduction". www.acorab.org.np. Retrieved 2020-06-30.
6. Network, Indigenous Community Radio. "Radio Likhu 91.3 MHz". Indigenous Community Radio Network. Retrieved 2020-06-30.
7. Report on BHN visit to Radio Kairan and Radio Likhu in Ramechhap, archived from the original on 2021-12-21, retrieved 2020-06-30

External links

• UN map of the municipalities of Okhaldhunga District