Kankai Municipality

Kankai Municipality
कन्काई नगरपालिका
Kankai Municipality
Kankai Municipality in Province No. 1 of Nepal
Kankai Municipality
Kankai Municipality (Nepal)
Coordinates: 26°38′N 87°59′E / 26.633°N 87.983°E / 26.633; 87.983
Country   Nepal
ZoneMechi Zone
DistrictJhapa District
IncorporatedNovember 16, 1960
Government
 • TypeMayor–council
 • BodyKankai Municipality
 • MayorRajendra Kumar Pokharel
 • Deputy MayorManju Prasai
Elevation
300 m (1,000 ft)
Time zoneUTC+05:45 (NST)
Area code023

Kankai Municipality is a municipality in Jhapa District of Nepal. In May 2014 two village development committees, Surunga and Ghailadubba joined together to form this municipality.[1][2][3]

Surunga, Ghailadubba, Laxmipur and Durgapur are major places for trade in this municipality.[4]

References

  1. ↑ 72 new municipalities announced Archived 2014-06-18 at the Wayback Machine My Republica
  2. ↑ Govt announces 72 new municipalities Archived 2014-10-06 at the Wayback Machine The Kathmandu Post
  3. ↑ population data
  4. ↑ "details by MUAN Nepal". Archived from the original on 2017-08-25. Retrieved 2018-03-31.
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