Bagmati Province
Kathmandu
Kirtipur

Chobhar

Chobhar 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.
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  • Type: Suburb
  • Description: village in Kathmandu District, Nepal
  • Also known as: “Chobar”, “Chobhor”, and “Chovar”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Central Zoo and Jal Binayak Temple.

Zoo
Photo: S Pakhrin, CC BY 2.0.
The is a 6-hectare zoo in , . It is home to some 969 animals in 109 species, and is operated by the National Trust for Nature Conservation.

Hindu temple
Photo: Gerd Eichmann, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Jal Binayak is a Hindu Temple of Lord Ganesh located in the Chobhar, central part of Kathmandu District, . The is the most important Ganesh shrine of the central region . It is one of the four Binayak of Kathmandu Valley.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kirtipur and Patan.

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.

Photo: Pixelated Pixels, CC BY-SA 4.0.
, Lalitpur Metropolitan City, is one of the largest cities in and is located just across the Bagmati river from . Confusingly, it is also known as Lalitpur, both names deriving from the Sanskrit "Lalitapattan".

Suburb
Jāwalākhel is a subdivision of Lalitpur in . It is located 2 km from the ancient city centre Pātan, one of the three great capitals of Nepal until the 18th century.

Chobhar

Latitude
27.666° or 27° 39′ 58″ north
Longitude
85.2913° or 85° 17′ 29″ east
Elevation
1,421 metres (4,662 feet)
Open location code
7MV7M78R+CG
Open­Street­Map ID
node 2069377368
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­suburb
Geo­Names ID
1283515
Wiki­data ID
Q2964225
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Russian—“Chobhar” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Chobhār”
  • Chinese: “佐帕爾”
  • Dutch: “Chobhar”
  • French: “Chobhar”
  • German: “Chobhar”
  • Hindi: “चोभर”
  • Maithili: “चोभार”
  • Malay: “Chobhar, Nepal”
  • Malay: “Chobhar”
  • Nepali: “चोभार”
  • Polish: “Chobar”
  • Russian: “Чобхар”

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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 Wikivoyage page “Chobhar”. Photo: Tsering Gyurmey Lama, CC BY-SA 4.0.