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Shey Phoksundo National Park is the largest and only trans-Himalayan national park in Nepal. It was established in 1984 and covers an area of 3,555 km 2 (1,373 sq mi) in the districts of Dolpa and Mugu in the Mid-Western Region, Nepal. The protected area ranges in elevation from 2,130 to 6,885 m (6,988 to 22,589 ft).
The Shey Phoksundo is the largest and only trans-Himalayan National Park in Nepal. [ citation needed ] The district has an altitudinal range of over 5,000 m (16,000 ft) from a little over 1,500 m (4,900 ft) at Tribeni in Kalika Village Development Committee to 7,381 m (24,216 ft) at the peak of Churen Himal .
[1]: 1–3 Part of the region lies in Shey Phoksundo National Park. The sparse, agro-pastoral population, known as Dolpo or Dolpopa in standard Tibetan and Dhol-wa in the local dialect, is connected to the rest of Nepal via Jufal airport, which can be reached in three days by horse.
At the time of the 2011 Nepal census, 56.7% of the population in She Phoksundo Rural Municipality spoke Sherpa, 23.3% Kham, 17.6% Gurung, 1.4% Nepali and 0.6% Tamang as their first language; 0.4% spoke other languages.
Shey Phoksundo National Park Shey Phoksundo (with Phoksundo Lake—the deepest lake of Nepal), famous for the snow leopard, is Nepal's largest park with an area of 3,555 km 2. Rara National Park surrounds Rara Lake—at 10.2 km 2, Nepal's largest lake—known as the "Pearl of Nepal".
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The Panjang passes through Shey Phoksundo National Park, Nepal's largest in area. [2] References This page was last edited on 24 August 2023, at 09:07 (UTC). Text is ...
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