Rong_Rural_Municipality

Rong Rural Municipality

Rong Rural Municipality

Rural Municipality in Province No. 1, Nepal

Rong (Nepali: रोङ गाउँपालिका) is a rural municipality out of six rural municipalities located in Ilam District of Province No. 1 of Nepal. There are a total of 10 municipalities in Ilam in which 4 are urban and 6 are rural.

Quick Facts रोङ गाउँपालिका, Province ...

According to Ministry of Federal Affairs and Local Development Rong has an area of 155.06 square kilometres (59.87 sq mi) and the total population of the municipality is 19135 as of Census of Nepal 2011.[1][2]

Jirmale, Erautar, Kolbung and Shantipur which previously were all separate Village development committee merged to form this new local level body. Fulfilling the requirement of the new Constitution of Nepal 2015, Ministry of Federal Affairs and Local Development replaced all old VDCs and Municipalities into 753 new local level body (Municipality).[1][3]

The rural municipality is divided into total 6 wards and the headquarter of this newly formed rural municipality is situated in Kolbung.

References

  1. [1]
    "स्थानीय तहहरुको विवरण". www.mofald.gov.np/en. MoFALD. Retrieved 15 April 2018.
  2. [2]
    "CITY POPULATION – statistics, maps & charts". www.citypopulation.de. 8 October 2017. Retrieved 15 April 2018.
  3. [3]
    "रोङ गाँउपालिकाको संक्षिप्त परिचय" [Short introduction of Rong Rural Municipality]. www.rongmun.gov.np (in Nepali). Rong Rural Municipality. Retrieved 14 April 2018.


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