Taplejung District

Taplejung གཏཔ་ལེ་རྫོང  (ताप्लेजोङ)
District
Dudh Kunda at Yamtari Glacier, Lelep village, view from Pathibhara temple, Gunsa village (clockwise from top)
Nickname:  ताप्लेजुङ जिल्ला (གཏཔ་ལེ་རྫོངརྫོང་ཁོངས།)
Location of Taplejing (dark yellow) in Koshi Province
Coordinates: 27°21′0″N 87°40′0″E / 27.35000°N 87.66667°E / 27.35000; 87.66667
Country	Nepal
Province	Koshi Province
Established	1962
Admin HQ.	Phungling Municipality
Government
• Type	Coordination committee
• Body	DCC, Taplejung
• Head	Mr. Ghanendra Maden
• Deputy-Head	Mrs. Debimaya Nepali
Area
• Total	3,646 km2 (1,408 sq mi)
• Rank	3rd
Highest elevation	8,586 m (28,169 ft)
Lowest elevation	670 m (2,200 ft)
Population  (2021)[1]
• Total	120,590
• Density	33/km2 (86/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+05:45 (NPT)
Postal Codes	57500
Website	ddctaplejung.gov.np

Taplejung District (Nepali: ताप्लेजुङ जिल्ला Listen^ⓘ) is one^[2] of 77 districts of Nepal and one of the 14 districts of Koshi Province. It is located deep in the Himalayas in Eastern Nepal with བོད to the north across the Himalayas. Taplejung is the third largest district (by area) of Nepal.

The district covers an area of 3,646 square kilometres (1,408 sq mi) and has a total population (2011 Nepal census) of 127,461. The district is surrounded by Tibet in the north, Sankhuwasabha District in the west, Tehrathum District and Panchthar District in the south and Sikkim (India) in the east. Geographically, the district is located at a latitude of 27º 06' to 27º 55'N and a longitude of 87º57' to 87º40' E.^[3]