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Hetauda

Hetauda
हेटौंडा
kosojdjid (tamang language)
Sub-Metropolitan City
Hetauda is located in Nepal
Hetauda
Hetauda
Location in Nepal
Coordinates: 27°25′N 85°02′E / 27.417°N 85.033°E / 27.417; 85.033Coordinates: 27°25′N 85°02′E / 27.417°N 85.033°E / 27.417; 85.033
Country    Nepal
Zone Narayani Zone
District Makwanpur District
Government
 • Type Sub-metropolitan city
Area
 • Total 261 km2 (101 sq mi)
Elevation 345 m (1,132 ft)
Population (2015)
 • Total 1,53,875
 • Density 590/km2 (1,500/sq mi)
Time zone NST (UTC+5:45)
Post code 44100, 44107
Area code(s) 057
Website www.hetaudamun.gov.np

Hetauda (Nepali: हेटौडा) is a sub-metropolitan city in the Makwanpur District of the Narayani Zone of southern Nepal. It is the administrative headquarters of the Makwanpur District and the headquarters of Nepal's Central Development Region. It is one of the largest city of Nepal. The city has 84,671 inhabitants in 2011. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census, it had a population of 53,836 people living in 10,420 households.

Situated in the confluence of the two prominent national highways viz. Tribhuvan highway and Mahendra highway, Hetauda sub-metropolitan city is one of the most happening destination of the nation. Long established as a livable city of the nation, the development of the city initiated in a way along with the declaration of municipality in 1969A.D (2026 B.S), nonetheless the development was sluggish. The development of the city really caught up its momentum when the city was announced headquarter of the Makwanpur district in 1982A.D (2039 B.S) and is striving to be the regional headquarter of the central development region. The heady mixture of the unique culture proudly preserved and diverse ethnicities makes Hetauda an ideal place for the development. Hetauda has been long established as an industrial estate of the nation and it holds the important industry of the nation. It is often famous and regarded as “Green city” because the city has planted trees on either sides of the road and is the pioneer city in the plantation of the trees.

Hetauda city is located at a distance of 76 km from the capital city, Kathmandu, via the fast track, at a distance of 132 km via Daman Tribhuvan Highway and 224 km via Narayanghat. Also first tunneling road is being constructed which is believed to shorten the distance between Hetauda-Kathmandu. It is expected that traveling time from Kathmandu to Hetauda via tunnel road will be just 57 min and 13 sec only.

Lying in the central development region of the nation, it is properly situated at the central of the Makwanpur district. It lies in the 27°25' N latitude and 85°02' E longitude and is situated at a level of 300-390m above the sea level. The total area of the city is 261 km2 where around 254 km2. (97%) is land and the remaining 7 km2 (3%) consists of water. Boundary: East: Chhatiwan V.D.C West: Manahari, Haandikhola and Sarikhet V.D.C North: Naamtaar, Bhainse and Makwanpurgadhi V.D.C South: Bara and Parsa District, the city is surrounded by three rivers—the Rapti to the west, the Samari to the north, and the Karra to the south—and is part of an important industrial regions. The settlement developed because of its location along the Tribhuvan Highway, and was later linked to another major national thoroughfare: the Mahendra Highway, also known as the East-West Highway.


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