Changunarayan

Changunarayan is a municipality in Bhaktapur District in Bagmati Province of Nepal, and part of the urban agglomeration of the Kathmandu Valley. It was created in 2014 through the merger of the former village development committees Old Changunarayan, Chhaling, Duwakot and Jhaukhel. At the 2011 Nepal census the predecessors of the municipality had a combined population of 55,430. In 2017 the neighbouring municipality of Mahamanjushree Nagarkot was merged into Changunarayan. The municipality is home to the UNESCO World Heritage Site of the Changu Narayan temple, which gives the place its name and is the main reason visitors come to this part of the valley.