Rajbiraj is a mid-sized municipality in the south-eastern part of Madhesh Province, Nepal, and the district headquarters of Saptari District. It is called the Pink City of Nepal because the township was designed in 1938 under the influence of the Indian Pink City of Jaipur, which made it the first township in Nepal to receive urban planning. The headquarters moved here from Hanumannagar in 1944, and Rajbiraj was declared a municipality in 1959. The 2021 census counted 70,803 people in an area of 55.64 square kilometres divided into 16 wards. The name comes from the ancient temple of Rajdevi, rebuilt by the Sena kings in the early 14th century.
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1. Rajbiraj (Wikipedia)
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the city had a population of 70,803
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The city area is spread over 55.64 km2
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is a mid-sized municipality located in the south-eastern part of Madhesh Province of Nepal
View the Source2. CIA World Factbook (factbook.json archive): The World Factbook archive: Nepal
CIA World Factbook (factbook.json archive)Geography, CoastlineQuote, Geography, Coastline
0 km (landlocked)
3. IANA Time Zone Database: IANA Time Zone Database, asia zone file
IANA Time Zone DatabaseZone Asia/Kathmandu, current offsetQuote, Zone Asia/Kathmandu, current offset
5:45 - %z
Nepal (Wikipedia)
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is a landlocked country in South Asia
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Nepal, officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal, is a landlocked country in South Asia.
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