page_title: Siddharthanagar
section_title: Education
hierarchical_section_title: Siddharthanagar / Education
caption_attribution_description: English: Entrance Gate
context_page_description: Siddharthanagar is a municipality and the administrative headquarter of Rupandehi District on the Outer Terai plains of Nepal, 265 km west of Kathmandu Nepal's capital. It is the closest city to Lumbini, the birthplace of Gautama Buddha, which is located 25 km to the west. The city borders the Indian city of Sonauli in Maharajganj district of Uttar Pradesh. The city is among the major industrial power house in the country impacting major economic aspects of Nepal. It has the second largest rate of border trade with India after Birgunj border in the country. Although the current name was first used in 1977, many still refer to it as Bhairahawa.
context_section_description: There are several higher education facilities in Siddharthanagar including Rupandehi Campus, IAAS Paklihawa Campus, and Universal College of Medical Sciences
caption: Bhairahawa Multiple Campus, Shantinagar
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