Tansen

Tansen is a city in Western Nepal. It's an old western Newari city with an amazing history and some marvelous Nawari architecture. It is a wonderful "hill station" in development with great views of the Himals and very interesting Palpali culture and history.
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  • Type: Town with 23,700 residents
  • Description: municipality in Palpa District, Nepal
  • Also known as: “Tansen Municipality”, “Tansen Nagarpalika”, “Tansen, Nepal”, “Tanshing”, “Tansing”, “Tānsing”, “Tensing”, “Тансинг”, “Тенсинг”, “तानसिङ”, and “タンシン”

Places of Interest

Highlights: Amarnaryan Temple.

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

Tansen

Latitude
27.8664° or 27° 51′ 59″ north
Longitude
83.5469° or 83° 32′ 49″ east
Population
23,700
Elevation
1,160 metres (3,806 feet)
Open location code
7MV5VG8W+GQ
Open­Street­Map ID
node 296197839
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
1282714
Wiki­data ID
Q1499762
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In Other Languages

From Asturian to Urdu—“Tansen” goes by many names.
  • Asturian: “Tansen”
  • Bengali: “তানসেন পৌরসভা”
  • Bengali: “তানসেন”
  • Cebuano: “Tānsen”
  • Chinese: “坦森”
  • Dutch: “Tansen”
  • French: “Tansen”
  • German: “Tansen”
  • Hindi: “तानसेन नगरपालिका”
  • Italian: “Tansen”
  • Japanese: “タンセン”
  • Kurdish: “Tansen”
  • Maithili: “तानसेन नगरपालिका”
  • Nepali: “Tansen”
  • Nepali: “तानसेन नगरपालिका”
  • Newari: “तानसेन नगरपालिका”
  • Persian: “تانسن”
  • Polish: “Tansen”
  • Portuguese: “Tansen”
  • Russian: “Тансен”
  • Silesian: “Tansen (Nepal)”
  • Silesian: “Tansen”
  • Spanish: “Tansen”
  • Tatar: “Тансен каласы”
  • Urdu: “تانسین، نیپال”
  • Urdu: “تانسین”

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