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Gaur, Nepal

Southern Asia

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
Population
27,325 1
Elevation (m)
77 2
Elevation Band
Lowland 2
Coastal
No 3
Climate Zone
Tropical 4
Time Zone
UTC+05:45 5
Sources
1. GeoNames: GeoNames search: Gaur, Nepal
GeoNamesResult 1, Gaur, Rautahat > Gaur, populated place
Quote, Result 1, Gaur, Rautahat > Gaur, populated place
population 27,325
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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
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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
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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.
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5. IANA Time Zone Database: IANA Time Zone Database, asia zone file
IANA Time Zone DatabaseZone Asia/Kathmandu, Nepal
Quote, Zone Asia/Kathmandu, Nepal
5:45 - %z
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