Gorkha Municipality
Gorkha is a municipality in Gorkha District in Gandaki Province of Nepal created in 1996. It was initially named "Prithvinarayan" after King Prithvi Narayan Shah, who was born in Gorkha and united and founded modern Nepal.
- City
- …lies at an elevation of around 1,150 metres (3,780 feet)
- …has the IATA airport code GKH
- Description: municipality in Gorkha District, Nepal
- Also known as“Gorakha”“Gorkhā”“Gorkha Nagarpalika”“Prithbinarayan”“Prithivi Narayan Municipality”“Prithivi Narayan Nagarpalika”“गोरखा”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Phinam and Bunkot.
Bunkot
Hamlet
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Gorkha Municipality
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Latitude
27.99696° or 27° 59′ 49″ north
Longitude
84.62594° or 84° 37′ 33″ east
UN/LOCODE
NP GKH
Open location code
7MV6XJWG+Q9
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place = city
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Urdu—“Gorkha Municipality” goes by many names.
GorkhaBasque
GorkhaBavarian
GorkhaCatalan
廓尔喀Chinese
廓爾喀Chinese
廓爾喀 (甘達基專區)Chinese
GorkhaDutch
GorkhaFinnish
पृथ्वीनारायणHindi
GorkhaItalian
Gorkha (città)Italian
プリトビナラヤンJapanese
Gorkha MunicipalityKurdish
PrithbinarayanMalay
गोरखा नगरपालिकाNepali
पृथ्वीनारायण नगरपालिकाNepali
पृथ्वीनारायण नगरपालिकाNewari
GorkhaNorwegian
GorkhaNorwegian Bokmål
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