Solukhumbu District

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Solukhumbu District सोलुखुम्बु जिल्ला
District
View of Mount Everest from Kala Patthar
Nickname:  Khumbu
Location of Solukhumbu
Divisions of Solukhumbu District
Coordinates: 27°20′39″N 86°0′21″E / 27.34417°N 86.00583°E / 27.34417; 86.00583 to 28°6′24″N 87°0′1″E / 28.10667°N 87.00028°E / 28.10667; 87.00028
Country	Nepal
Province	Koshi Province
Established	1962
Admin HQ.	Salleri
Municipality	List Urban Dudhkunda Rural Thulung Dudhkoshi Necha Salyan Dudhkoshi Maha Kulung Sotang Khumbu Pasanglhamu Likhu Pike
Government
• Type	Coordination committee
• Body	DCC, Solukhumbu
• Head	Bir Kumar Rai (NCP)
• Parliamentary constituencies	1
• Provincial constituencies	2
• Chief District Officer	Anil Khanal
Area
• Total	3,312 km2 (1,279 sq mi)
Highest elevation	8,848 m (29,029 ft)
Lowest elevation	600 m (2,000 ft)
Population  (2021)[2]
• Total	104,768
• Density	32/km2 (82/sq mi)
• Households	23,758[1]
Demographics
• Ethnic groups	Rai Sherpa Chhetri Tamang Kulung Rai Kami Magar Bahun Nachhiring Rai Newar Damai Thulung Rai
• Female ♀	52%[1]
Human Development Index
• Income per capita (US dollars)	$1,841 per capita
• Poverty rate	25.7
• Literacy	64%[1]
• Life Expectancy	68.8[1]
Time zone	UTC+05:45 (NPT)
Postal Codes	56000..., 56010
Telephone Code	38
Website	ddcsolukhumbu.gov.np

Solukhumbu District (Nepali: सोलुखुम्बु जिल्ला [solukʰumbu] ^ⓘ, Sherpa: ཤར་ཁུམ་བུ་རྫོང་།, Wylie: shar khum bu dzong) is one of 14 districts of Koshi Province of eastern Nepal. As the name suggests, it consists of the sub-regions Solu and Khumbu. The closest post office to Solukhumbu with a postal code assigned to it is the Sindhuli D.P.O., which has the postal code 56000.

The district, with Salleri as its headquarters, covers an area of 3,312 km² (1,279 sq mi) and had a population 107,686 in 2001 and 105,886 in 2011.^[3]

Mount Everest is in the northern part of this district, within Sagarmatha National Park.