Palung

Palung is an ancient village development committee in Thaha Municipality in Makwanpur District in the of . At the time of the 2011 Nepal census it had a population of 5,603 people living in 1,236 individual households.
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  • Type: Hamlet
  • Description: place in Narayani Zone, Nepal
  • Also known as: Palun”, “Pāluṅ”, “Pālung”, and “Palung Sikarkot

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Bajrabarahi and Tistung Deurali.

Suburb
lies in Godawari Municipality of in the of . As of 2010 it had a population of 8821. is named after the Goddess . is situated 5 km east of Palung.

Suburb
is a village development committee in the Thaha Municipality of Makwanpur District in the of . At the time of the 1991 Nepal census it had a population of 5,418 people living in 986 individual households. is situated 7 km north of Palung.

For those seeking the ultimate panoramic Himalayan view, is the place to visit. Located approx 80 km southwest of the Kathmandu valley, offers the only unimpeded view of the entire Himalayan range – roughly 400 km of Himalayan panorama.

Palung

Latitude
27.63581° or 27° 38′ 9″ north
Longitude
85.06933° or 85° 4′ 10″ east
Elevation
1,783 metres (5,850 feet)
Open location code
7MV7J3P9+8P
Open­Street­Map ID
node 3491329265
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­hamlet
Geo­Names ID
1282951
Wiki­data ID
Q3418008
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Polish—“Palung” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: Palung (conseho sa kaayuhan sa balangay sa Nepal)
  • Cebuano: Palung
  • German: Palung
  • Malay: Palung
  • Nepali: पालुङ्ग
  • Newari: पालुङ
  • Polish: Palung

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Palung”. Photo: Laxman Thapa, CC BY-SA 2.0.