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Shivaraj

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Shivaraj is a municipality in Kapilvastu District in the Lumbini Zone of southern Nepal. The former village development committee became a municipality on 18 May 2014 by merging the existing Birpur, Chanai, Bishunpur, Jawabhari and Shivapur committees. At the 2021 census of Nepal it had 84,810 people living in 16,241 households. It lies in the western part of Nepal and the East-West highway crosses it. Shivapur has a community FM radio station, Radio Voice at 104.5 MHz, and a second station, Shivraj FM, gives local news and programmes. Chandrauta is one of the reputed towns in the municipality, and the article notes that Shivaraj, Buddhabhumi and Taulihawa are densely populated.

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Population
84,810 1
Time Zone
UTC+05:45 2
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1. Shivaraj Municipality (Wikipedia)
  • Demographics, population
    At the time of the 2021 Nepal census it had a population of 84,810 people living in 16,241 individual households
  • Part Of: Nepal, Lead, location
    is a Municipality in Kapilvastu District in the Lumbini Zone of southern Nepal
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2. IANA Time Zone Database: IANA Time Zone Database, asia zone file
IANA Time Zone DatabaseZone Asia/Kathmandu, current rule
Quote, Zone Asia/Kathmandu, current rule
5:45 - %z
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Nepal (Wikipedia)
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  • On Continent: Asia, Lead, Nepal
    Nepal, officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal, is a landlocked country in South Asia.
  • In Group: Cities of Southern Asia (World), Lead, Nepal
    Nepal, officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal, is a landlocked country in South Asia.
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