Birgunj is a metropolitan city in Nepal's Parsa District, in Madhesh Province, about 135 kilometers south of Kathmandu and adjacent to the Indian town of Raxaul on the border with Bihar. Founded in 1897 by Rana prime minister Bir Shamsher Jang Bahadur Rana, who gave the settlement his name, it was one of the first three municipalities established in Nepal and was declared a metropolitan city in 2017. Known as the gateway of Nepal and its commercial capital, Birgunj handles the large majority of Nepal's overland trade with India and, with a 2021 population of 268,273, is the country's fifth largest city.
Facts
Area (sq km) Founding Year Elevation (m) Elevation Band Climate Zone Sources
1. Birgunj (Wikidata)
P1082 (population)
population 135,904
P625 (coordinate location)
latitude 27.0, longitude 84.866667
P2044 (elevation above sea level)
elevation 92 m
P2046 (area)
area 75.24 sq km
P571 (inception)
inception 1897
View the Source2. GeoNames: Birgañj - GeoNames
GeoNamesPlace record, elevationQuote, Place record, elevation
Elevation ca. 89 m
3. Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna): World Map of the Koeppen-Geiger Climate Classification, present climate data
Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna)Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 27.25, 84.75Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 27.25, 84.75
27.25 84.75 Cwa
4. GeoNames: Birgañj - GeoNames
GeoNamescities500 record 1283581Quote, cities500 record 1283581
27.01736 84.88047 P PPL NP 2 12095502 12096233 268273 89 Asia/Kathmandu
Birgunj (Wikipedia)
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Birgunj (Nepali: वीरगञ्ज) is a metropolitan city in Parsa District in Madhesh Province in southern Nepal.
- In Group: Cities of Southern Asia (World), Wikipedia lead / Wikidata P17, confirms city and country
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