Chandannath

Chandannath चन्दननाथ नगरपालिका
Municipality
Photo of Chandannath Municipality taken from a de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter
Chandannath Location in Nepal
Coordinates: 29.17°N 82.12°E / 29.17; 82.12
Country	Nepal
Province	Karnali[1]
District	Jumla
Government
• Mayor	Kantika Sejuwal
• Deputy Chief	Apsara Devi Neupane
Population  (1991)
• Total	5,842
Time zone	UTC+5:45 (NST)
Postal code	21200 [2]
Website	chandannathmun.gov.np

Chandannath is a municipality in Jumla District in the Karnali Province of Nepal. The municipality was established on 18 May 2014 by merging the existing Mahat Gaun, Talium, Kartik Swami (Jumla), and Chandannath village development committees (VDCs).^[3][4] At the time of the 1991 Nepal census, it had a population of 5,842 persons living in 1,000 individual households.^[5]

Politics and leadership

Kantika Sejuwal of the Nepali Congress is the first elected mayor of Chandannath; she is also the only female elected mayor in the municipality.^[6]

References

1. "Prov 6 named as Karnali, permanent capital in Birendranagar". myrepublica. Retrieved 10 March 2018.
2. "Postcode ZIP code Jumla, Nepal - GeoPostcodes". Archived from the original on 2018-03-11. Retrieved 2018-03-11.
3. "72 new municipalities announced". My Republica.com. Archived from the original on 2014-06-18. Retrieved 2014-06-10.
4. "Government announces 72 new municipalities". The Kathmandu Post. Archived from the original on 2014-10-06. Retrieved 2014-06-10.
5. "Nepal Census 2001". Nepal's Village Development Committees. Digital Himalaya. Archived from the original on 12 October 2008. Retrieved 11 September 2008.
6. "Kantika Sejuwal elected mayor of Chandannath Municipality in Province-6". República.

External links

• UN map of the municipalities of Jumla District