Baku is a village development committee (VDC) in Solukhumbu District in the Sagarmatha Zone of north-eastern Nepal. Baku lies in the Himalaya, 59 km South of Mount Everest and is bordered by the valleys of the Dudh Kosi River (West) and Hinku Drangka River (East). At the time of the 1991 Nepal census it had a population of 4159 people living in 777 individual households.[1] At the time of the 2011 census, the population of the VDC Baku was 4844 inhabitants (2380 male) in 963 individual households.[2]
Baku, Nepal
बाकु | |
|---|---|
  Baku, Nepal Location in Nepal | |
| Coordinates: 27°32′N 86°44′E / 27.54°N 86.74°E | |
| Country | Nepal |
| Zone | Sagarmatha Zone |
| District | Solukhumbu District |
| Population (2011) | |
• Total | 4,844 |
| Time zone | UTC+5:45 (Nepal Time) |
Villages and hamlets
editBaku consists of several settlements and hamlets.[3] The most important ones are:
- Baku (1,600 m 27°29′52″N 86°42′25″E / 27.497859°N 86.707079°E)
- Sibuje (2,520 m 27°35′05″N 86°46′16″E / 27.584683°N 86.771029°E)
References
edit- ^ "Nepal Census 2001". Nepal's Village Development Committees. Digital Himalaya. Archived from the original on 12 October 2008. Retrieved 14 November 2008.
- ^ "National Population and Housing Census 2011" (PDF). Central Bureau of Statistics. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-07-31.
- ^ "District: Solukhumbu. List of Settlements" (PDF). Index of Geographical names of Nepal. National Geographic Information Infrastructure Programme. www.ngiip.gov.np. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-01-09. Retrieved 2015-09-05.
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