Rajbiraj
Rajbiraj is a mid-sized municipality located in the south-eastern part of Madhesh Province of Nepal. The city is also called the "Pink City of Nepal" because the township was designed in 1938 based on influence from the "Indian Pink City" Jaipur - thus making it the first township in Nepal to receive urban planning.- Type: Town with 37,700 residents
- Description: municipality in Saptari District, Nepal
- Also known as: “Rajbiraj Municipality” and “Rajbiraj Nagarpalika”
Places of Interest
Highlights: Rajbiraj Airport.
Rajbiraj Airport
Aerodrome
Rajbiraj Airport is a domestic airport located… Rajbiraj Airport is situated 3½ km south of Rajbiraj.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Maleth and Pharseth.
Maleth
Hamlet
Maleth is a village development committee in Saptari… Maleth is situated 3½ km north of Rajbiraj.
Itahari Bishnupur
Hamlet
Itahari Bishnupur is a village development committee… Itahari Bishnupur is situated 4½ km southwest of Rajbiraj.
Rajbiraj
- Categories: municipality of Nepal, border city, and locality
- Location: Rajbiraj, Saptari, Madhesh Province, Nepal, South Asia, Asia
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Latitude
26.5396° or 26° 32′ 23″ north
Longitude
86.7486° or 86° 44′ 55″ east
Population
37,700
Elevation
89 metres (292 feet)
IATA airport code
RJB
UN/LOCODE
NP RJB
Open location code
7MR8GPQX+RC
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Awadhi to Urdu—“Rajbiraj” goes by many names.
- Awadhi: “राजविराज नगरपालिका”
- Basque: “Rajbiraj”
- Bhojpuri: “राजविराज”
- Cebuano: “Rājbirāj”
- Chinese: “拉傑比拉傑”
- Chinese: “拉杰比拉杰”
- Dotyali: “राजविराज नगरपालिका”
- Dutch: “Rajbiraj”
- Finnish: “Rajbiraj”
- French: “Rajbiraj”
- German: “Rajbiraj”
- Hebrew: “ראג’ביראג‘”
- Hindi: “राजविराज”
- Italian: “Rajbiraj”
- Japanese: “ラジビラージ”
- Kannada: “ರಾಜ್ ಬಿರಾಜ್”
- Kurdish: “Rajbiraj”
- Maithili: “राजविराज”
- Malayalam: “രാജ്വിരാജ്”
- Nepali: “राजविराज नगरपालिका”
- Newari: “राजबिराज नगरपालिका”
- Polish: “Radźbiradź”
- Portuguese: “Rajbiraj”
- Russian: “Раджбирадж”
- Santali: “ᱨᱟᱡᱽᱵᱤᱨᱟᱡᱽ”
- Slovenian: “Rajbiraj”
- Urdu: “راج وراج”
- Urdu: “راجبیراج”
- “राजबिराज”
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Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Gajendra Chowk and Neta Chok.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Rajbiraj Municipality and Radha Krishna Mandir.
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