page_title: Syangja District
hierarchical_section_title: Syangja District
caption_attribution_description: English: A view of Syangja District headquarter.
context_page_description: Syangja District, a part of Gandaki Pradesh, is one of the seventy-seven districts of Nepal. The district, with Syangja bazaar as its district headquarters, covers an area of 1,164 km² and had a population of 289,148 It lies in the hilly region at an altitude ranging from about 300 meters along the banks of Kaligandaki river up to a couple of thousands meters above the sea level. It lies at about latitude 28°4'60 North and longitude 83°52'0 East.
  The district now has five municipalities Waling, Putalibazar, Chapakot, Bhirkot and Galyang and six village councils Bajhakot, Arjun Chaupari, Biruwa, Fedikhola, Harinas and Kaligandaki
  Syangja in 1994 under the auspices of the South Asia Poverty Alleviation Program of the UNDP, received million of dollars of international investment and has become a model for national development. Syangja's model has proved so successful that the Government of Nepal joined forces with the SAPAP to extend the project to other districts and make it a model for national development. It has been initiated or implemented in at least 200 Village Development Councils of 45 districts of Nepal.
  People of many ethnicities live in this district.
context_section_description: Syangja District (Nepali: स्याङ्जा जिल्लाListen ), a part of Gandaki Pradesh, is one of the seventy-seven districts of Nepal. The district, with Syangja bazaar (a small town) as its district headquarters, covers an area of 1,164 km² (449 sq mi) and had a population of 289,148 It lies in the hilly region at an altitude ranging from about 300 meters along the banks of Kaligandaki river up to a couple of thousands meters above the sea level. It lies at about latitude 28°4'60 North and longitude 83°52'0 East.
  The district now has five municipalities Waling, Putalibazar, Chapakot, Bhirkot and Galyang and six village councils Bajhakot, Arjun Chaupari, Biruwa, Fedikhola, Harinas and Kaligandaki
  Syangja in 1994 under the auspices of the South Asia Poverty Alleviation Program (SAPAP) of the UNDP, received million of dollars of international investment and has become a model for national development. Syangja's model has proved so successful that the Government of Nepal joined forces with the SAPAP to extend the project to other districts and make it a model for national development. It has been initiated or implemented in at least 200 Village Development Councils (VDC/s) of 45 districts of Nepal.
  People of many ethnicities live in this district. The major groups are Brahmin, Chetri, Gurung and Magar.
  Kali Gandaki A Hydropower is the largest hydropower plant of the nation located on the Kali Gandaki river in Krishnagandaki Gaunpalika. It has the maximum plant capacity of 144 MW.
caption: The District Headquarters Putalibazar
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