Myanglung

Myanglung is a municipality and the district headquarters of Terhathum District in Koshi Province of eastern Nepal. Its name comes from the Limbu language, where myang means cat and lung means stone, after a story of a cat that pawed a stone in anger. The English Wikipedia article places the municipality at an elevation of about 1,500 metres above sea level. It was converted from a village development committee into a municipality on 18 May 2014, merging Myanglung, Piple, Jirikhimti, Ambung, Sabla and Tamphula. The 2011 census recorded 20,337 people, with Limbu the largest ethnic group at 32.5 percent, and Hindus, Kirati and Buddhists the main religious groups.