Duwakot
Duwakot is a settlement and former Village Development Committee—now part of Changunarayan municipality, located in Bhaktapur district of Bagmati Province in central Nepal.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Kathmandu Medical College and Changu Narayan Temple.
Kathmandu Medical College
College
Kathmandu Medical College And Teaching Hospital is a medical college located in Kathmandu the capital city of Nepal. Established in 1997, KMC is a private medical college in Nepal.
Changu Narayan Temple
Hindu temple
Photo: Greg Willis, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Changu Narayan is an ancient Hindu and Buddhist temple, located on a hilltop of Changu in Changunarayan Municipality of Bhaktapur District, Nepal. The temple is considered to be built in the 4th century AD and is one of the oldest Hindu temples in Nepal. Changu Narayan Temple is situated 3 km northeast of Duwakot.
Nyatapola Temple
Hindu temple
Photo: Ganesh Paudel, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Nyātāpola is a five tiered temple located in the central part of Bhaktapur, Nepal. It is the tallest monument within the city and is also the tallest temple of Nepal. Nyatapola Temple is situated 3 km southeast of Duwakot.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Jhaukhel and Bhaktapur.
Jhaukhel
Suburb
Jhaukhel is a town and former village development committee that is now part of Changunarayan Municipality in Province No. 3 of central Nepal. This is one of the oldest places in Bhaktapur.
Bhaktapur
Photo: Balou46, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Bhaktapur is a city in Nepal known variously as City of Culture, Living Heritage, Nepal's Cultural Gem, An open museum and a City of Devotees. Bhaktapur is an ancient city and is renowned for its elegant art, fabulous culture, colourful festivals, traditional dances and the indigenous lifestyle of the Newari community.
Kageshwori Manohara
Town
Photo: Satyamfxr, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Kageshwori-Manohara is a municipality in Kathmandu District in the Bagmati Province of Nepal that was established on 2 December 2014 by merging the former Village development committees of Aalapot, Bhadrabas, Danchhi, Gagalphedi, Gothatar and Mulpani. Kageshwori Manohara is situated 4 km north of Duwakot.
Duwakot
- Type: Suburb
- Description: human settlement in Nepal
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: Changunarayan, Bhaktapur, Bagmati Province, Nepal, South Asia, Asia
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Latitude
27.6941° or 27° 41′ 39″ northLongitude
85.41268° or 85° 24′ 46″ eastElevation
1,369 metres (4,491 feet)Open location code
7MV7MCV7+J3OpenStreetMap ID
node 2148707722OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburb
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In Other Languages
From Bhojpuri to Polish—“Duwakot” goes by many names.
- Bhojpuri: “दुवाकोट”
- Cebuano: “Duwakot”
- Dutch: “Duwakot”
- Nepali: “दुवाकोट”
- Polish: “Duwakot”
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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 “Duwakot”. Photo: Laxman Thapa, CC BY-SA 2.0.