Syangja district

Syangja स्याङ्जा
District
The District Headquarters Putalibazar.
Location of Syangja
Country	Nepal
Region	Western (Pashchimanchal)
Zone	Gandaki
Headquarters	Putalibazar
Area
• Total	1,164 km2 (449 sq mi)
Population (2011)
• Total	289,148
Time zone	NPT (UTC+5:45)
Website	ddcsyangja.gov.np

Syangja District (Nepali:  Listen ), a part of Province No. 4, is one of the seventy-five districts of Nepal. The district, with Syangja bazzar (a small town) as its district headquarters, covers an area of 1,164 km² and had a population of 289,148 It lies in the hilly region at an altitude ranging from about 300 meters along the banks of Kaligandaki river up to a couple of thousands meters above the sea level. It lies at about latitude 28°4'60 North and longitude 83°52'0 East.

The district now has 4municipalities, namely Putalibazar Municipality, Waling Municipality, Chapakot Municipality and Bheerkot Municipality; and total of 60 VDCs.

Syangja in 1994 under the auspices of the South Asia Poverty Alleviation Program (SAPAP) of the UNDP, received million of dollars of international investment and has become a model for national development. Syangja's model has proved so successful that the Government of Nepal joined forces with the SAPAP to extend the project to other districts and make it a model for national development. It has been initiated or implemented in at least 200 Village Development Councils (VDC/s) of 45 districts of Nepal. Many ethnicities of people lives in this districts ,major group consists of Brahmin, chetri,gurung,magar and others.

Many different ethnicity of people live in this district. The major groups consisting of Brahmin, kshetri, Gurung, Magar and others. The people are famous for their unique identity. Brahmin and Chhetri (Kshetriya) are renowned by their representation in the governmental jobs and Indian army respectively. Gurungs and Magars are famous because of their involvement in British Army Gurkhas and Military of India. There is a popular saying that "when you go to Syangja and hit randomly a house with a stone that house surely belongs to Section-Officer."