Chitwan District

Chitwan District is one of seventy-seven districts of Nepal, and takes up the southwestern corner of . , largest city of Nepal after Kathmandu, is its administrative centre.
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  • Type: Locality with 720,000 residents
  • Description: district of Nepal
  • Also known as: Chitawan”, “Chitawan district”, “Jhawāni”, and “Jhuwani

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Sauraha and Jamunapur.

is a village of Ratnanagar Municipality in Chitwan District and Chitwan Valley, in of southern .

Suburb
is a village in the Ratnanagar Municipality of the Chitwan District in . It lies on the eastern side of Chitwan district. Like any other villages in Chitwan, is inhabited by a very diverse community of people who migrated to this place from different parts of Nepal. is situated 8 km north of Chitwan District.

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: Chitwan Koān
  • Chinese: 奇特旺
  • Chinese: 奇特旺县
  • Danish: Chitwan District
  • Danish: Chitwan distrikt
  • Danish: Chitwan
  • 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: Chitwan
  • Italian: Distretto di Chitwan
  • Japanese: チトワン郡
  • Maithili: चितवन जिला
  • Min Nan Chinese: Chitwan Koān
  • Nepali: Jhuwāni̇̄
  • Nepali: चितवन उपत्यका
  • Nepali: चितवन जिल्ला
  • Nepali: चितवन
  • Newari: चितवन जिल्ला
  • Newari: चितवन
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Chitwan distrikt
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Chitwan
  • Norwegian: Chitwan
  • Persian: بخش چیتوان
  • Persian: ناحیه چیتوان
  • Polish: Chitwan
  • Polish: Dystrykt Chitwan
  • Portuguese: Chitwan (distrito)
  • Portuguese: Chitwan
  • Portuguese: Distrito de 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

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