Okhaldhunga is the headquarters of the Okhaldhunga District in the Sagarmatha Zone of Nepal. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census it had a population of 3761 living in 790 individual households.[1]
Okhaldhunga
ओखलढुङ्गा | |
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Merged to Siddhicharan Municipality | |
Okhaldhunga Location in Nepal | |
Coordinates: 27°19′N 86°30′E / 27.317°N 86.500°E | |
Country | Nepal |
Zone | Sagarmatha Zone |
District | Okhaldhunga District |
Elevation | 1,561 m (5,121 ft) |
Population (1991) | |
• Total | 3,761 |
Time zone | UTC+5:45 (Nepal Time) |
The name Okhaldhunga originates from "okhal", the Nepali word for "grinding stone", one of which lies at the district headquarters.
Okhaldhunga is the birthplace of the Nepalese poet, Siddhicharan Shrestha, Okhaldhunga is also known as the "District of Martyrs". It is believed that more than 56 citizens of the area died in the Nepalese struggle for democracy.
Climate data for Okhaldhunga (elevation 1,731 m (5,679 ft), 1991–2020 normals) | |||||||||||||
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Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 15.8 (60.4) |
18.1 (64.6) |
21.8 (71.2) |
24.6 (76.3) |
25.2 (77.4) |
25.4 (77.7) |
24.9 (76.8) |
25.1 (77.2) |
24.6 (76.3) |
23.6 (74.5) |
20.8 (69.4) |
17.4 (63.3) |
22.3 (72.1) |
Daily mean °C (°F) | 10.6 (51.1) |
12.6 (54.7) |
16.2 (61.2) |
19.1 (66.4) |
20.3 (68.5) |
21.3 (70.3) |
21.3 (70.3) |
21.4 (70.5) |
20.6 (69.1) |
18.7 (65.7) |
15.4 (59.7) |
12.1 (53.8) |
17.5 (63.5) |
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 5.3 (41.5) |
7.1 (44.8) |
10.5 (50.9) |
13.6 (56.5) |
15.3 (59.5) |
17.2 (63.0) |
17.7 (63.9) |
17.6 (63.7) |
16.6 (61.9) |
13.7 (56.7) |
10.0 (50.0) |
6.7 (44.1) |
12.6 (54.7) |
Average precipitation mm (inches) | 12 (0.5) |
14.9 (0.59) |
25.8 (1.02) |
66.5 (2.62) |
153.6 (6.05) |
292.9 (11.53) |
418.0 (16.46) |
415.7 (16.37) |
265.0 (10.43) |
61.2 (2.41) |
8.0 (0.31) |
8.2 (0.32) |
1,741.8 (68.57) |
Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm) | 1.6 | 2.2 | 3.9 | 7.9 | 14.0 | 18.4 | 22.2 | 21.4 | 16.3 | 5.4 | 1.0 | 0.8 | 115.1 |
Source: World Meteorological Organization[2] |
To promote local culture Okhaldhunga has two FM radio stations: Radio Likhu (91.3 MHz) and Ramailo Samudayek Radio (100.6 MHz), both of which are community radio stations.[3][4][5]