Bagmati Province
Kathmandu
Chandragiri

Tinthana

Tinthana is a and former Village Development Committee that is now part of Chandragiri Municipality in Kathmandu District in Province No. 3 of central . At the time of the 2011 Nepal census it had a population of 9,726.
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Swayambhunath and Natural History Museum.

Buddhist temple
Photo: Argenberg, CC BY 4.0.
is an ancient religious complex atop a hill in the , west of city. The Tibetan and Sanskrit name for the site means 'self-arising' or 'self-sprung'. is situated 3½ km northeast of Tinthana.

Museum
Photo: Ganesh Paudel, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The of Nepal is located near the World Heritage Site of . The museum was established in 1975. Since then the museum has collected 50,000 specimens of Nepal’s flora, fauna, and funga. is situated 3½ km northeast of Tinthana.

Hindu temple
Photo: Chainwit., CC BY 4.0.
is a reconstructed three-storied public shelter which was built by Lila Vajra. There is also a shrine consecrated to Gorakshanath situated at , . is situated 4 km northeast of Tinthana.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kirtipur and Sitapaila.

Photo: Etter Studio, CC BY 2.0.
is a town in the of , 5 km southwest of on a rocky hill between 1,300-1,500 m in elevation. It is one of the oldest settlements in the valley, and was an ancient capital of Nepal.

Suburb
is a and former Village Development Committee that is now part of in Province No. 3 of central . The name of the community comes from "Sita" who was the wife of Lord Ram and daughter of Nepalese King Janak and "paila" meaning footsteps in Nepali. is situated 2½ km north of Tinthana.

Photo: Tsering Gyurmey Lama, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is an ancient hill village in a few kilometres southwest of Kathmandu. It has its origins in the 12th century. It is noted for an extensive series of caves and a gorge on the Bagmati River found nearby.

Tinthana

Latitude
27.68811° or 27° 41′ 17″ north
Longitude
85.26987° or 85° 16′ 12″ east
Elevation
1,351 metres (4,432 feet)
Open location code
7MV7M7Q9+6W
Open­Street­Map ID
node 2379765991
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­suburb
Geo­Names ID
7962524
Wiki­data ID
Q3422729
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In Other Languages

From Bhojpuri to Spanish—“Tinthana” goes by many names.
  • Bhojpuri: “तीनथाना”
  • Cebuano: “Tinthana”
  • Dutch: “Tinthana”
  • Irish: “Tinthana”
  • Malay: “Tinthana”
  • Nepali: “तीनथाना”
  • Newari: “तीनथाना”
  • Polish: “Tinthana”
  • Russian: “Тинтана”
  • Spanish: “Tinthana”
  • “तीनथाना”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Tinthana”. Photo: Laxman Thapa, CC BY-SA 2.0.