Dolpa District

Dolpa District
Dolpa District
District of Nepal
	Yala Kang in Shey Phoksundo National Park
	Location of Dolpa District (dark yellow) in Karnali
Country	Nepal
Province	Karnali Province
Established	1962
Admin HQ.	Dunai (Thuli Bheri)
Municipality	List Urban; Thuli Bheri; Tripurasundari; Rural; Dolpo Buddha; She Phoksundo; Jagadulla; Mudkechula; Kaike; Chharka Tangsong;
Government
• Type	Coordination committee
• Body	DCC, Dolpa
• Head	Sher Bahadur Buda (CPN-UML)
• Parliamentary constituencies	Dolpa 1
• Provincial constituencies	Dolpa 1(A) &; Dolpa 1(B)
Area
• Total	7,889 km2 (3,046 sq mi)
• Rank	1st
Population (2011)
• Total	36,700
• Density	4.7/km2 (12/sq mi)
Demographics
• Ethnic groups	Chhetri, Magar, Dolpo, Kami, Gurung, Thakuri
• Female ♀	50%
Human Development Index
• Literacy	53%
Time zone	UTC+05:45 (NPT)
Main Language(s)	Nepali
Major highways	Kali Gandaki Corridor
Website	ddcdolpa.gov.np

Dolpa District (Nepali: डोल्पा जिल्लाListen^ⓘ), is a district, located in Karnali Province of Nepal, It is one of the seventy-seven districts of Nepal and one of ten district of Karnali. The district, with Dunai as its district headquarters, covers an area of 7,889 km² (3,046 sq mi) and has a population (2023) of 43,000.^[1] Dolpa is the largest district of Nepal in terms of area.

^ "National Population and Housing Census 2011(National Report)" (PDF). Central Bureau of Statistics. Government of Nepal. November 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 April 2013. Retrieved 1 November 2012.

[National_Population_and_Housing_Census_2011(National_Report)-1] "National Population and Housing Census 2011(National Report)" (PDF). Central Bureau of Statistics. Government of Nepal. November 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 April 2013. Retrieved 1 November 2012.

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