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Bhaktapur (Nepali and Sanskrit: भक्तपुर, pronounced [ˈbʱʌkt̪ʌpur] ⓘ; lit. "City of Devotees"), known locally as Khwopa [3] (Nepal Bhasa: 𑐏𑑂𑐰𑐥𑑅 , Khvapa) and historically called Bhadgaon, is a city in the east corner of the Kathmandu Valley in Nepal located about 13 kilometres (8.1 mi) from the capital city, Kathmandu.
Bhaktapur District (Nepali: भक्तपुर जिल्ला Listen ⓘ; Nepal Bhasa: ख्वप देश (जिल्ला)) located in the eastern part of Kathmandu valley, is the smallest among Nepal's 77 districts. It is part of Bagmati Province. Bhaktapur District Post Office is 44800.
At the time of the 2011 Nepal census, the predecessors of Changunarayan Municipality had a population of 55,430. [2] In 2017, the municipality of Mahamanjushree Nagarkot was merged into Changunarayan. [3] The municipality is also home to the UNESCO World Heritage Site Changu Narayan temple.
The Mayor is the highest-ranking official in a municipal government in Nepal. There are in total 293 mayors in Nepal (6 metropolitan cities, 11 sub-metropolitan cities, and 276 municipalities). [1] [2] Mayors are very powerful in the municipal government. [3] They are the head of the local government of Nepal .
Bhaktapur Ordered Space Concepts and Functions in A Town of Nepal. Wiesbaden. ISBN 3515020772. Widdess, Richard (2016-12-05). Dāphā: Sacred Singing in a South Asian City: Music, Performance and Meaning in Bhaktapur, Nepal. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-351-94627-8. Kayastha, Balarama (28 April 2013). "Bhaktapurako bisketa jatra".
Today, this square is recognised by UNESCO, managed jointly by the Archeological Department of Nepal and Bhaktapur Municipality, and is undergoing extensive restoration due to the damages from the earthquake in 1934 and the recent earthquake of 2015. [1]
Nepali Congress: Lekh Nath Neupane: 14,200 Nepal Workers Peasants Party: Sunil Prajapati: 13,432 CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) Yuvraj Karki 9,077 Rastriya Prajatantra Party: Ganesh Bahadur Khatri 7,828 CPN (Marxist–Leninist) Prem Nanda Lal Shrestha 1,591 Rastriya Prajatantra Party (Chand) Sanukaji Heka 1,314 Samyukta Janamorcha Nepal
They are divided among the three cities of Kathmandu, Bhaktapur and Lalitpur into strictly exogamous clans, having three gotras: Gārgya of Lalitpur, Bharadwaja of Bhaktapur, and Kaushik of Kathmandu, all belonging to the Mādhyamdina school of the Shukla Yajurveda, their holy language being Sanskrit, but all well-versed in Newar.