Gaur is a municipality and the headquarters of Rautahat District in Madhesh Province, Nepal. It lies on the Indian border, where a customs checkpoint connects Nepal with India through Bairgania, and it sits at about 79 metres above sea level. It has a humid tropical climate, with a mean annual rainfall of 2,214 millimetres between 1995 and 2006, most of it falling in the monsoon from June to September. Shree Juddha Campus, which grew out of the third oldest school in Nepal, founded in the Rana period and named for Juddha Shamsher Jang Bahadur Rana, offers bachelor courses here. The 2011 census gave 34,937 people.
Facts
Elevation (m) Elevation Band Climate Zone Sources
1. GeoNames: GeoNames search: Gaur, Nepal
GeoNamesResult 1, Gaur, Rautahat > Gaur, populated placeQuote, Result 1, Gaur, Rautahat > Gaur, populated place
population 27,325
2. Opentopodata (SRTM, ASTER, EU-DEM elevation API): SRTM 90 m elevation at 26.782721, 85.296285
Opentopodata (SRTM, ASTER, EU-DEM elevation API)results, elevation (metres)
"elevation": 77.0
results, elevation 77 metres
"elevation": 77.0
View the Source 3. CIA World Factbook (factbook.json archive): The World Factbook archive: Nepal
CIA World Factbook (factbook.json archive)Geography, Coastline
0 km (landlocked)
In Group: Cities of Southern Asia (World), Geography, Location
Southern Asia, between China and India
View the Source 4. Gaur, Nepal (Wikipedia)
Climate section
The Gaur has a humid, tropical climate.
Part Of: Nepal, Lead, location
Gaur is a municipality and headquarters of Rautahat district of Narayani zone, Nepal.
On Continent: Asia, Lead, location in Nepal
Gaur is a municipality and headquarters of Rautahat district of Narayani zone, Nepal.
View the Source5. IANA Time Zone Database: IANA Time Zone Database, asia zone file
IANA Time Zone DatabaseZone Asia/Kathmandu, NepalQuote, Zone Asia/Kathmandu, Nepal
5:45 - %z
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