Namche Bazaar

Namche Bazaar
नाम्चे बजार
Namche Bazaar with Kongde Ri peak in the background.
Namche Bazaar with Kongde Ri peak in the background.
Nickname: 
The Sherpa capital
Namche Bazaar is located in Koshi Province
Namche Bazaar
Namche Bazaar
Location in Province No. 1
Namche Bazaar is located in Nepal
Namche Bazaar
Namche Bazaar
Namche Bazaar (Nepal)
Coordinates: 27°49′N 86°43′E / 27.817°N 86.717°E / 27.817; 86.717
CountryNepal
ProvinceProvince No. 1
DistrictSolukhumbu District
Rural MunicipalityKhumbu Pasanglhamu
Elevation
3,440 m (11,290 ft)
Population
 (2001)
 • Total1,647
Time zoneUTC+5:45 (NST)
Postal code
56002
Area code038
Namche Bazaar at Night

Namche Bazaar (also Namche Bazar, Nemche Bazaar or Namche Baza; Nepali: नाम्चे बजार ) is a town (formally Namche Village Development Committee) in Khumbu Pasanglhamu Rural Municipality in Solukhumbu District of Province No. 1 in northeastern Nepal. It is located within the Khumbu area at 3,440 metres (11,286 ft) at its low point, populating the sides of a hill. Most Sherpa in the tourism business hail from the Namche area. Namche is the main trading center and hub for the Khumbu region.

At the 2001 census, it had a population of 1,647 people living in 397 individual households.[1]

  1. ^ "Nepal Census 2001". Nepal's Village Development Committees. Digital Himalaya. Archived from the original on October 12, 2008. Retrieved November 14, 2008.

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