Solukhumbu District
Solukhumbu District
सोलुखुम्बु जिल्ला | |
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View of Mount Everest from Kala Patthar | |
| Nickname: Khumbu | |
Location of Solukhumbu | |
Divisions of Solukhumbu District | |
| Coordinates: 27°20′39″N 86°0′21″E / 27.34417°N 86.00583°E to 28°6′24″N 87°0′1″E / 28.10667°N 87.00028°E | |
| Country | Nepal |
| Province | Koshi Province |
| Established | 1962 |
| Admin HQ. | Salleri |
| Municipality | |
| Government | |
| • Type | Coordination committee |
| • Body | DCC, Solukhumbu |
| • Head | Bir Kumar Rai (NCP) |
| • Parliamentary constituencies | 1 |
| • Provincial constituencies | 2 |
| • Chief District Officer | Anoj Kumar Ghimire |
| Area | |
• Total | 3,312 km2 (1,279 sq mi) |
| Highest elevation | 8,848 m (29,029 ft) |
| Lowest elevation | 600 m (2,000 ft) |
| Population (2021) | |
• Total | 104,851 |
| • Density | 32/km2 (82/sq mi) |
| • Households | 23,758 |
| Demographics | |
| • Ethnic groups | |
| • Female ♀ | 52% |
| Human Development Index | |
| • Income per capita (US dollars) | $1,841 per capita |
| • Poverty rate | 25.7 |
| • Literacy | 64% |
| • Life Expectancy | 68.8 |
| Time zone | UTC+05:45 (NPT) |
| Postal Codes | 56000..., 56010 |
| Telephone Code | 38 |
| Website | ddcsolukhumbu |
Solukhumbu District (Nepali: सोलुखुम्बु जिल्ला [solukʰumbu] ⓘ, Sherpa: ཤར་ཁུམ་བུ་རྫོང་།, Wylie: shar khum bu dzong) is one of 14 districts of Koshi Province of eastern Nepal. As the name suggests, it consists of the sub-regions Solu and Khumbu. The closest post office to Solukhumbu with a postal code assigned to it is the Sindhuli D.P.O., which has the postal code 56000.
The district, with Salleri as its headquarters, covers an area of 3,312 km2 (1,279 sq mi) and had a population 107,686 in 2001 and 105,886 in 2011.
Mount Everest is in the northern part of this district, within Sagarmatha National Park.