Phoksundo

Phoksundo
Phoksundo; फोकसुण्डो
	Municipality
	Phoksundo, Dolpo, Nepal
	Phoksundo Location in Nepal
	Coordinates: 29°12′N82°53′E / 29.20°N 82.89°E Coordinates: 29°12′N82°53′E / 29.20°N 82.89°E
Country	Nepal
Zone	Karnali Zone
District	Dolpa District
Population (1991)
• Total	457
Time zone	Nepal Time (UTC+5:45)

Last updated May 02, 2019

Phoksundo is a village development committee located at the village of Ringmo in the Dolpa District in the Karnali Zone of north-western Nepal. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census it had a population of 457 persons living in 94 individual households.^[1]

Village development committee (Nepal) lower administrative part of Nepals local development ministry

A Village Development Committee (VDC) in Nepal was the lower administrative part of its Ministry of Federal Affairs and Local Development. Each district had several VDCs, similar to municipalities but with greater public-government interaction and administration. There were 3,157 village development committees in Nepal. Each VDC was further divided into several wards depending on the population of the district; the average being nine wards.

Ringmo is a traditional village in Dolpo in the Dolpa District of Nepal, with a seasonal population of about 200. The people are mostly of Tibetan ethnicity, are of the Bönpo faith, and engage in trade, yak herding and tourism. It sits on the landslide dam that formed Phoksundo Lake at about 3660 m (12,000 ft) above sea level. A Bön temple also named Ringmo can be found just outside the town, and the river that drains from Phoksundo plunges over an impressive 167 m (548 ft) waterfall about half a kilometer south of the village.

Dolpa District, a part of Karnali province, is one of the seventy-seven districts of Nepal. The district, with Dunai as its district headquarters, covers an area of 7,889 km² (3,046 sq mi) and has a population (2011) of 36,700.

This is the picture of Lake Phoksundo located in Dolpo, Nepal.

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References

↑ "Nepal Census 2001". Nepal's Village Development Committees. Digital Himalaya . Retrieved 4 September 2008.

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[1] "Nepal Census 2001". Nepal's Village Development Committees. Digital Himalaya . Retrieved 4 September 2008.

Phoksundo फोकसुण्डो
Municipality
Phoksundo, Dolpo, Nepal
Phoksundo Location in Nepal
Coordinates: 29°12′N82°53′E / 29.20°N 82.89°E / 29.20; 82.89 Coordinates: 29°12′N82°53′E / 29.20°N 82.89°E / 29.20; 82.89
Country	Nepal
Zone	Karnali Zone
District	Dolpa District
Population (1991)
• Total	457
Time zone	Nepal Time (UTC+5:45)

v t e Dolpa District
Capital: Dunai
Bhijer Chharka Dho Juphal Kaigaun Kalika Khadang Lawan Likhu Majhphal Mukot Narku Pahada Phoksundo Raha Rimi Sahartara Saldang Sarmi Sunhu Tinje Tripurakot,