Banke District

Banke District (Nepali: बाँके जिल्ला, romanized: Bām̐kē jillā, a part of Lumbini Province, is one of the 77 districts of Nepal. The district, located in midwestern Nepal with Nepalganj as its district headquarters, covers an area of 2,337 km and had a population of 385,840 in 2001 and 491,313 in 2011.
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Wikipedia
  • Locality with about 603,000 residents
  • …lies at an elevation of around 150 metres (480 feet)
  • …is also known as “Bānke”
  • Description: district of Nepal

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Nepalgunj and Saigaun.
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is the district headquarters of Banke District in the Bheri region of Mid Western Nepal.
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is a town in Banke District in the Bheri Zone of south-western . is situated 9 km northeast of Banke District.

Banke District

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Latitude
28.03333° or 28° 2′ north
Longitude
81.61667° or 81° 37′ east
Open location code
7MW32JM8+8M
Geo­Names ID
1283675
Wiki­data ID
Q28447

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“Banke District” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “مقاطعة بانكي”
  • Awadhi: “बाँके जिला”
  • Bengali: “বাঁকে জেলা”
  • Bhojpuri: “बांके जिला”
  • Bishnupriya: “বাঁকে”
  • Catalan: “districte de Banke”
  • Chinese: “班克县”
  • Chinese: “班克縣”
  • Danish: “Banke District”
  • Danish: “Banke distrikt”
  • Dotyali: “बाँके जिल्ला”
  • Dutch: “Banke”
  • Fiji Hindi: “Banke jila”
  • Fiji Hindi: “Banke”
  • Finnish: “Banken piirikunta”
  • French: “District de Banke”
  • German: “Banke”
  • Gujarati: “બાંકે જિલ્લો, નેપાળ”
  • Gujarati: “બાંકે જિલ્લો”
  • Hindi: “बांके जिला”
  • Italian: “Distretto di Banke”
  • Japanese: “バンケ郡”
  • Maithili: “बाँके जिला”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Banke Koān”
  • Nepali: “बाँके जिल्ला”
  • Nepali: “बाँके”
  • Newari: “बाँके जिल्ला”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Banke distrikt”
  • Norwegian: “Banke”
  • Polish: “Banke”
  • Polish: “Dystrykt Banke”
  • Portuguese: “Banke”
  • Portuguese: “Distrito de Banke”
  • Russian: “Банке”
  • Sanskrit: “बाँकेमण्डलम्”
  • Slovenian: “Banke”
  • Slovenian: “Okrožje Banke”
  • Spanish: “Banke”
  • Telugu: “బాంకే జిల్లా”
  • Urdu: “بانکے ضلع”
  • Vietnamese: “Banke”
  • Western Panjabi: “ضلع بانکے”

Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Nepalganj Railway Station and Bāgeshwari̇̄ Temple.

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