Namche Bazaar
Namche Bazaar (also Namche Bazar, Nemche Bazaar or Namche Baza; Template:Langx Template:Audio) is a town (formally Namche Village Development Committee) in ward no 5 Khumbu Pasanglhamu Rural Municipality in Solukhumbu District of Koshi Province in northeastern Nepal. It is located within the Khumbu area at Template:Convert<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> at its low point, populating the sides of a hill. Most Sherpa in the tourism business hail from the Namche area. Namche is the main trading center and hub for the Khumbu region.
At the 2001 census, it had a population of 1,647 people living in 397 individual households.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Geography
Immediately west of Namche is Kongde Ri at Template:Convert and to the east is Thamserku at Template:Convert.
Transport
On a hill overlooking Namche Bazaar is the Syangboche Airport (3,750 m / 12,303 ft). It is no longer used for passenger flights, though Russian helicopters make occasional cargo flights. The nearest open airport is Tenzing–Hillary Airport, located 13 km south of the town.
Tourism
Namche Bazaar is popular with trekkers in the Khumbu region, especially for altitude acclimatization, and is the gateway to the high Himalaya. The town has a number of lodgings, stores and internet cafés catering to the needs of visitors. There are German bakeries, little cafes and many restaurants. There is also an Irish pub, said to be the highest and most remote Irish pub in the world.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> A popular local meal is yak steak.
On Saturday mornings, a weekly market is held in the centre of the town. There may also be a daily Tibet market where clothing and cheap Chinese consumer goods tend to be the main articles for sale.
Namche has electricity from the nearby Thame-Namche hydropower plant (600 kW), opened in October 1995 near Thame.<ref>Small Hydropower Plant Nanche Bazar Template:Webarchive, Posch & Partner GmbH "Project period: 1985 - 1993"</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Small Hydropower Plant Thame-Namche Bazar, Nepal Template:Webarchive / Energy from the top of the world. Austrian Development Co-operation, ed. Dieter Rachbauer, Eco Himal, 2001</ref>
Climate
Namche has either a relatively cold dry-winter subtropical highland climate (Köppen climate classification Cwb) or an unusually mild dry-winter warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen climate classification Dwb), depending on if you use the Template:Convert isotherm or the Template:Convert isotherm. The town features pleasant, wet summers and chilly, dry winters mainly affected by its altitude and the summer monsoon season. The average precipitation is Template:Convert, and the average temperature is Template:Convert.
Pop culture references
"Namche Bazaar" is the name of a song by Nathan Rogers on his album The Gauntlet. The song was inspired by the mixing of culture along the silk road.
Hotels and Tea Houses in Namche
Namche is famous for trekkers who are trekking in Everest region. Many trekkers rest here for climate and altitude acclimatization. Namche has various kinds of hotels, tea houses, lodges and resorts. Some of the popular accommodation places are:
- Yak Hotel and Restaurant
- Sherpa Rest house Ghandu
- Hotel Khandri
- Mountains Lodges of Nepal
- The Bodhi hotel
- Dream Garden and Lodges
- Hotel Everest View
- Himalayan Lodge
- Snow land Hotel
- Nirvana Hotel
- Hotel Everest Namche Bazzar
- Zamling Guest House
- Hotel Himalayan Culture Home
- Hotel Tibet and Restaurant
- Hotel Camp de base
- Green Tara Hotel
- Namche Bazaar
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