Gorkha Municipality

Gorkha is a municipality in in of created in 1996. It was initially named "Prithvinarayan" after King Prithvi Narayan Shah, who was born in and united and founded modern Nepal.
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  • Type: City
  • Description: municipality in Gorkha District, Nepal
  • Also known as: “Gorakha”, “Gorkha”, “Gorkhā”, “Gorkha Nagarpalika”, “Prithivi Narayan Municipality”, “Prithivi Narayan Nagarpalika”, and “गोरखा”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Phinam and Bunkot.

Hamlet
was a village development committee…

Hamlet
Bungkot, formerly known as Bungkot VDC, currently…

Village
is a village development committee… is situated 8 km southwest of Gorkha Municipality.

Gorkha Municipality

Latitude
27.99696° or 27° 59′ 49″ north
Longitude
84.62594° or 84° 37′ 33″ east
Elevation
1,152 metres (3,780 feet)
IATA airport code
GKH
UN/LOCODE
NP GKH
Open location code
7MV6XJWG+Q9
Open­Street­Map ID
node 4896508190
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
1283378
Wiki­data ID
Q262223
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In Other Languages

From Basque to Urdu—“Gorkha Municipality” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Gorkha”
  • Bavarian: “Gorkha”
  • Catalan: “Gorkha”
  • Chinese: “廓尔喀”
  • Chinese: “廓爾喀 (甘達基專區)”
  • Chinese: “廓爾喀”
  • Dutch: “Gorkha”
  • Finnish: “Gorkha”
  • French: “Gorkha”
  • German: “Gorkha”
  • Hindi: “पृथ्वीनारायण”
  • Italian: “Gorkha (città)”
  • Italian: “Gorkha”
  • Japanese: “プリトビナラヤン”
  • Kurdish: “Gorkha Municipality”
  • Malay: “Prithbinarayan”
  • Nepali: “गोरखा नगरपालिका”
  • Newari: “पृथ्वीनारायण नगरपालिका”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Gorkha”
  • Norwegian: “Gorkha”
  • Persian: “گورکا”
  • Polish: “Gorkha”
  • Polish: “Prithivinagar”
  • Portuguese: “Gorkha”
  • Swedish: “Gurkha”
  • Urdu: “پرتھوی ناراین”

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