Kathmandu Valley
Bagmati Province
Bhaktapur

Bhaktapur

Bhaktapur is a city in 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.
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  • Type: City with 81,700 residents
  • Description: municipality in Bhaktapur District, Nepal
  • Also known as: “Badagaon”, “Bhadgaon”, “Bhādgaon”, “Bhaktapur Municipality”, “Bhaktapur Nagarpalika”, “Bhatgaon”, “Bhatgoan”, “Khvapa”, and “Khwopa”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Nyatapola Temple and Shilu Mahadev Temple.

Hindu temple
Photo: Ganesh Paudel, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Nyātāpola is a five tiered temple located in the central part of Bhaktapur, . It is the tallest monument within the city and is also the tallest temple of .

Hindu temple
Photo: Goutam1962, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a Hindu temple.

Hindu temple
Photo: Gerd Eichmann, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a Hindu temple.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Jhaukhel and Duwakot.

Suburb
is a town and former village development committee that is now part of in Province No. 3 of central . This is one of the oldest places in Bhaktapur.

Suburb
is a settlement and former Village Development Committee—now part of , located in Bhaktapur district of in central .

Hamlet
is a and former Village Development Committee in Bhaktapur District in the Bagmati Zone of central . In 2014, it was merged into the newly formed by the Government of Nepal in order to remove all Village Development Committees in the Districts of Kathmandu and Bhaktapur.

Bhaktapur

Latitude
27.6711° or 27° 40′ 16″ north
Longitude
85.4262° or 85° 25′ 34″ east
Population
81,700
Elevation
1,348 metres (4,423 feet)
Open location code
7MV7MCCG+CF
Open­Street­Map ID
node 2035862217
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
1283617
Wiki­data ID
Q843138
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Urdu—“Bhaktapur” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “بهاكتابور”
  • Asturian: “Bhaktapur”
  • Awadhi: “भक्तपुर”
  • Azerbaijani: “Bhaktapur”
  • Basque: “Bhaktapur”
  • Belarusian: “Бхактапур”
  • Bengali: “ভক্তপুর”
  • Bhojpuri: “भादगाउँ”
  • Bulgarian: “Бхадгаон”
  • Bulgarian: “Бхактапур”
  • Bulgarian: “Кхвопа”
  • Catalan: “Bhaktapur”
  • Chinese: “巴克塔普尔”
  • Chinese: “巴克塔普爾”
  • Croatian: “Bhaktapur”
  • Czech: “Bhaktapúr”
  • Dutch: “Bhadgaon”
  • Dutch: “Bhaktapur”
  • Dutch: “Khwopa”
  • Esperanto: “Bhaktapur”
  • Finnish: “Bhaktapur”
  • French: “Bhadgaon”
  • French: “Bhaktapur”
  • French: “Bhatgaon”
  • Georgian: “ბჰაკტაპური”
  • German: “Bhaktapur”
  • German: “Khwopa”
  • Greek: “Μπάκταπουρ”
  • Hebrew: “בהקטפור”
  • Hindi: “भक्तपुर”
  • Hungarian: “Bhaktapur”
  • Indonesian: “Bhaktapur”
  • Italian: “Bhadgaon”
  • Italian: “Bhaktapur”
  • Italian: “Khwopa”
  • Japanese: “バクタプール”
  • Japanese: “バクタプル”
  • Japanese: “バドガウン”
  • Korean: “박타푸르”
  • Kurdish: “Bhaktapur”
  • Lithuanian: “Bhadgaonas”
  • Lithuanian: “Bhakatpūras”
  • Lithuanian: “Bhaktapuras”
  • Lithuanian: “Bhaktapūras”
  • Luxembourgish: “Bhaktapur”
  • Maithili: “भक्तपुर नगरपालिका”
  • Maithili: “भक्तपुर”
  • Malay: “Bhaktapur”
  • Nepali: “भक्तपुर नगरपालिका”
  • Nepali: “भक्तपुर”
  • Nepali: “भादगाउँ”
  • Newari: “ख्वप नगरपालिका”
  • Newari: “भक्तपुर न.पा.”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Bhaktapur”
  • Norwegian: “Bhaktapur”
  • Persian: “باکته‌پور”
  • Persian: “بهکت‌پور”
  • Polish: “Bhadgaon”
  • Polish: “Bhadguan”
  • Polish: “Bhaktapur”
  • Portuguese: “Bhaktapur”
  • Russian: “Бхагдаон”
  • Russian: “Бхадгаон”
  • Russian: “Бхактапур”
  • Russian: “Кхвопа”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Bhaktapur”
  • Slovenian: “Bhaktapur”
  • Spanish: “Bhadgaon”
  • Spanish: “Bhaktapur”
  • Swedish: “Bhaktapur”
  • Tamil: “பக்தபூர்”
  • Telugu: “భక్తాపూర్”
  • Thai: “ภักตปุระ”
  • Tibetan: “བྷཀྟ་པུར། (Bhaktapur)”
  • Tibetan: “བྷཀྟ་པུར།”
  • Turkish: “Bhaktapur”
  • Ukrainian: “Бактапур”
  • Urdu: “بھکتپور”
  • Urdu: “بھکتہ پور”
  • Urdu: “بھگتاپور”

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