Baglung
Baglung | |
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Municipality Hill station | |
Baglung Bazar as seen from hill | |
| Coordinates: 28°16′N 83°36′E / 28.267°N 83.600°E | |
| Country | Nepal |
| Province | Gandaki |
| District | Baglung |
| Municipality | Baglung Municipality |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Basanta Kumar Shrestha(Nepali Congress) |
| • Deputy Mayor | Raju Khadka (Maoist) |
| Area | |
• Total | 98.01 km2 (37.84 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 1,020 m (3,350 ft) |
| Population (2021 census) | |
• Total | 56,102 |
| • Density | 570/km2 (1,500/sq mi) |
| • Ethnicities | Chhetri Magar Newar Bramhin Thakali Dalit |
| • Religions | Hindu Buddhist and Hindu-Buddhist Mixed |
| Time zone | UTC+5:45 (NST) |
| Postal code | 33300 |
| Area code | 068 |
| Website | baglungmun |
Baglung is a municipality in Gandaki Province, in western Nepal, 275 km (171 mi) west of Kathmandu. It is the administrative headquarters of Baglung District. Baglung serves as the major center for business, finance, education, service and healthcare for the people of mid-Kali Gandaki valley that encompass Beni, Jaljala, Baglung, Kushma, Kathekhola, Galkot, Phalewas and Jaimuni local bodies. The city is located at the cross-section of Kaligandaki corridor highway and midhill highway that transverse Nepal in north–south and east–west directions respectively.