Tulsipur

Tulsipur is a sub-metropolitan city in Dang District of Lumbini Province of Nepal and the second most populous city of the district after Ghorahi. It was established in 1992 by merging the former village development committees of Tulsipur and Amritpur, and in 2014 it was expanded with Urahari, Tarigaun, Pawannagar and Halwar. Its name recalls the House of Tulsipur, which ruled one of the largest taluqs of Oudh and counted among the Baise Rajya, the confederation of twenty-two principalities of what became western Nepal. Tharu communities have lived in the Dang and Deukhuri valleys since early times. The city is a transport hub for southern and western Dang and for the Salyan, Rolpa and Rukum districts, with Dang Airport at Tarigaun offering flights to Kathmandu, and it supports several local FM radio stations and newspapers.