Chitwan District

Chitwan District is one of seventy-seven districts of Nepal, and takes up the southwestern corner of which covers 2,238.39 km2, and in 2011 had a population of 579,984 people. is its administrative centre which is the commercial and service centre of South Central Nepal and a major destination for higher education, health care and transportation in the region.
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  • Type: Locality with 720,000 residents
  • Description: district of Nepal
  • Also known as: “Chitawan”, “Chitawan district”, “Dystrykt Chitwan”, “Jhawāni”, “Jhuwani”, and “चितवन उपत्यका”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Sauraha and Jamunapur.

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Suburb
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Chitwan District

Latitude
27.58762° or 27° 35′ 15″ north
Longitude
84.52828° or 84° 31′ 42″ east
Population
720,000
Elevation
197 metres (646 feet)
Open location code
7MV6HGQH+28
Geo­Names ID
1283304
Wiki­data ID
Q28583
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In Other Languages

From Awadhi to Western Panjabi—“Chitwan District” goes by many names.
  • Awadhi: “चितवन जिला”
  • Belarusian: “Чытван”
  • Bengali: “চিতবন জেলা”
  • Bhojpuri: “चितवन जिला”
  • Chinese: “奇特旺”
  • Chinese: “奇特旺县”
  • Danish: “Chitwan District”
  • Dotyali: “चितवन जिल्ला”
  • Dutch: “Chitwan”
  • Fiji Hindi: “Chitwan jila”
  • Fiji Hindi: “Chitwan”
  • Finnish: “Chitawanin piirikunta”
  • French: “district de Chitwan”
  • French: “District de Chitwan”
  • German: “Chitwan”
  • Hebrew: “צ’יטוואן”
  • Hindi: “चितवन जिला”
  • Italian: “Distretto di Chitwan”
  • Japanese: “チトワン郡”
  • Maithili: “चितवन जिला”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Chitwan Koān”
  • Nepali: “Jhuwāni̇̄”
  • Nepali: “चितवन जिल्ला”
  • Newari: “चितवन जिल्ला”
  • Newari: “चितवन”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Chitwan distrikt”
  • Norwegian: “Chitwan”
  • Persian: “بخش چیتوان”
  • Persian: “ناحیه چیتوان”
  • Polish: “Chitwan”
  • Portuguese: “Chitwan (distrito)”
  • Portuguese: “Chitwan”
  • Russian: “Читван”
  • Sanskrit: “चितवनमण्डलम्”
  • Santali: “ᱪᱤᱛᱣᱟᱱ ᱦᱚᱱᱚᱛ”
  • Spanish: “Chitwan”
  • Spanish: “Distrito de Chitwan”
  • Tamil: “சித்வன் மாவட்டம்”
  • Urdu: “چتوان ضلع”
  • Urdu: “چٹوان ضلع”
  • Vietnamese: “Chitwan”
  • Vietnamese: “Huyện Chitwan”
  • Western Panjabi: “ضلع چٹوان”
  • “चितवन जिला”

Localities in the Area

Places to explore: Jhuwani and Jankauli.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Bishazari Tal and Kankāli̇̄ Ḍā̃ḍā.

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