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Solukhumbu District

Solukhumbu
सोलुखुम्बु
District
A road section in Solukhumbu.
A road section in Solukhumbu.
Solukhumbu is located in the north of Nepal
Solukhumbu is located in the north of Nepal
Country Nepal
Region Eastern (Purwanchal)
Zone Sagarmatha
Headquarters Salleri
Area
 • Total 3,312 km2 (1,279 sq mi)
Population (2011)
 • Total 105,886
Time zone NPT (UTC+5:45)

Solukhumbu District (Nepali: About this sound listen , Sherpa: ཤར་ཁུམ་བུ་རྫོང་ཁ། Wylie: shar khum bu dzong kha), a part of the Province No. 1, is one of the seventy-five districts of Nepal, a landlocked country of South Asia. As the name suggests, it consists of the subregions Solu and Khumbu.

The district, with Salleri as its headquarters, covers an area of 3,312 km² and had a population 107,686 in 2001 and 105,886 in 2011.

Mount Everest is in the northern part of this district, within Sagarmatha National Park.

Indigenous ethnic Rai and hill Caste Chhetri are the main groups living in the mid-hills, while Sherpas occupy high mountains. There is a notable hiking trail known as the Solukhumbu Trail.


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