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Sanepa is a place in Lalitpur District of Nepal.It borders Jhamsikhel, Balkhu, Kupondole and Teku. It is popular as a place for tourists to stay, and many restaurants and bars are situated here. In view of its popularity with tourists, it is also known as the second Thamel; Jhamsikhel is also referred to
Lalitpur District (Nepali: ललितपुर जिल्ला Listen ⓘ, in Bagmati Province, is one of the seventy-seven districts of Nepal. The district, with Lalitpur as its district headquarters, covers an area of 396.92 km 2 (153.25 sq mi) and has a population (2001) of 337,785.
District official include: Chief District Officer, an official under Ministry of Home Affairs is appointed by the government as the highest administrative officer in a district. The C.D.O is responsible for proper inspection of all the departments in a district such as health, education, security and all other government offices.
As defined by Part 17 of the Constitution of Nepal, the municipalities are governed by a Municipal Executive headed by a mayor.The Municipal Executive consists of the deputy mayor, ward chairpersons elected from each ward in the municipality, and five women members elected by the Municipal Assembly among themselves and three members from the Dalit or other minority communities. [3]
Along with other major criteria as mentioned in Local Governance Act 2017 of Nepal, the number of population to be considered as the municipality: the minimum population in mountainous district should be 10,000 while hilly districts, inner terai districts, terai districts, and Kathmandu valley should include forty thousand, fifty thousand, seventy thousand and one hundred thousand respectively.
Nepal National Library which was established in 1957 AD was moved to Lalitpur from Singha Durbar in 2061 BS. It is at Harihar Bhawan. [ 21 ] Madan Puraskar Pustakalaya , located near Patan Dhoka, is another library, which awards the Madan Puraskar and Jagadamba Shree Puraskar literary prizes is in the city.
A ward (Nepali: वडा) is the smallest unit of local governments in Nepal.The local level body (gaunpalika and municipality) which is divided into 753 units, are further divided into 6,743 wards.
Postal codes in Nepal are five digit numbers used by Nepal Postal Service, The postal code system was implemented in November 1991 by the Department of Posts. The first two numbers represent the District, and the last three digits the post office or APO area.