Gokarneshwor
Gokarneshwor 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 Sundarijal, Nayapati, Baluwa, Jorpati and Gokarna.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Gerd Eichmann, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Town with 107,000 residents
- Description: municipality in Kathmandu District, Nepal
- Also known as: “Gokarna”, “Gokarneshwar”, and “Gokarṇeshwar”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Boudhanath and East Kathmandu and Tribhuvan International Airport.
Boudhanath and East Kathmandu
Photo: Bijay chaurasia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Boudhanath is 7 km east/northeast of central Kathmandu. It is home to one of the largest Buddhist stupas in the world, built during the 5th century AD.
Tribhuvan International Airport
Aerodrome
Photo: Sicherlich, CC BY 3.0.
Tribhuvan International Airport is an international airport located in Kathmandu, Bagmati, Nepal. It has a tabletop runway, a domestic terminal and an international terminal. Tribhuvan International Airport is situated 4 km southwest of Gokarneshwor.
NMC white hostel
College
Nepal Medical College Teaching Hospital are major healthcare with 700 bedded institution in Kathmandu, Nepal established in 1997 by the late Sachey Kumar Pahari.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kathmandu and Thamel and West Kathmandu.
Kathmandu
Photo: Xiquinho, Public domain.
Kathmandu is the largest city and capital of Nepal and the namesake of the Kathmandu Valley. Once thought to be the fabled and inaccessible Shangri-La, Kathmandu is a fast-growing spot catering to a wide range of holiday types and budgets.
Thamel and West Kathmandu
Thamel and West Kathmandu is in Kathmandu and covers the backpacker area of Thamel, Swayambhu, Durbar Square, and Freak Street.
Central Kathmandu
Photo: Anup Sadi, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Central Kathmandu covers Ratna Park, the former palace and New Road, and is home to a number of luxury hotels and the embassy quarter.
Gokarneshwor
- Categories: city, municipality of Nepal, and locality
- Location: Bagmati Province, Nepal, South Asia, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
27.7263° or 27° 43′ 35″ northLongitude
85.3759° or 85° 22′ 33″ eastPopulation
107,000Elevation
1,352 metres (4,436 feet)Open location code
7MV7P9GG+G9OpenStreetMap ID
node 6646454829OpenStreetMap feature
place=townGeoNames ID
10316863Wikidata ID
Q20809757
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Urdu—“Gokarneshwor” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Gokarneshwor”
- German: “Gokarneshwar”
- Hebrew: “גוקרנשוור”
- Hindi: “गोकर्णेश्वर”
- Japanese: “ゴカールネシュワル”
- Kurdish: “Gokarneshwar”
- Nepali: “गोकर्णेश्वर नगरपालिका”
- Portuguese: “Gokarneshwor”
- Russian: “Гокарнешвар”
- Urdu: “گوکرنیشور”
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