Chandannath
Municipality in Karnali, Nepal
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Chandannath is a municipality in Jumla District in the Karnali Province of Nepal. The municipality was established on 18 May 2014 by merging the existing Mahat Gaun, Talium, Kartik Swami (Jumla), and Chandannath village development committees (VDCs).[3][4] At the time of the 1991 Nepal census, it had a population of 5,842 persons living in 1,000 individual households.[5]
Chandannath
चन्दननाथ नगरपालिका | |
|---|---|
Municipality | |
Photo of Chandannath Municipality taken from a de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter | |
  Chandannath Location in Nepal | |
| Coordinates: 29.17°N 82.12°E | |
| Country |  Nepal |
| Province | Karnali[1] |
| District | Jumla |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Kantika Sejuwal |
| • Deputy Chief | Apsara Devi Neupane |
| Population (1991) | |
• Total | 5,842 |
| Time zone | UTC+5:45 (NST) |
| Postal code | 21200 [2] |
| Website | chandannathmun.gov.np |
Politics and leadership
Kantika Sejuwal of the Nepali Congress is the first elected mayor of Chandannath; she is also the only female elected mayor in the municipality.[6]
