Khumjung

Khumjung (Template:Langx) is a village in Khumbu Pasanglhamu rural municipality of Solukhumbu District in Province No. 1 of north-eastern Nepal. It is located in the Khumbu sub-region inside Sagarmatha National Park, a world heritage site. The village lies at an elevation of 3,790 metres above sea level, near Mount Khumbila.

A monastery in Khumjung has a purported Yeti scalp. This village has modern communications such as the Internet and mobile and landline phones.

The village is the seat of ward no. 4, which include Kunde, Khumjung, Tengboche (Tyangboche), Pangboche, Pheriche, Dole, Chharchung, Machhermo, Lobuche, Dingboche, and Gokyo. As of 2011, it had a population of 1,912 people living in 551 individual households.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Khumjung school was built by Sir Edmund Hillary's Himalayan Trust in 1961. The school began with two classrooms but now caters to pre-school, primary and secondary sections with over 350 students.<ref>Template:Citation page 51 </ref>

History

Khumjung was a separate Village development committee in Solukhumbu District of Sagarmatha Zone of EDR in Nepal during Kingdom of Nepal. With new administrative structure on 10 March 2017, it became part of Khumbu Pasanglhamu rural municipality.

Galleries

• Khumjung village
• Khumjung village and Mount Khumbila
  Khumjung village and Mount Khumbila
• Khumjung village
  Khumjung village
• Purported Yeti scalp at Khumjung monastery
  Purported Yeti scalp at Khumjung monastery

• VDC Khumjung - Villages and hamlets
• Phakding
  Phakding
• Jorsale
  Jorsale
• Dhole
  Dhole
• Machhermo
  Machhermo
• Thangna
  Thangna
• Chhukung
  Chhukung
• Deboche
  Deboche
• Tengboche
  Tengboche

References

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External links

• UN map of the municipalities of Solukhumbu District

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