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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 .
[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.
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 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 .
Ringmo is a traditional village in Dolpo in the Dolpa District of Nepal, with a seasonal population of about 200. [1] The people are mostly of Tibetan ethnicity, are of the Bönpo faith, and engage in trade, yak herding and tourism. [2] It sits on the landslide dam that formed Phoksundo Lake at about 3660 m (12,000 ft) above sea level. A Bön ...
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