Lumle
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Lumle
लुम्ले | |
|---|---|
 Bridge over Dhoti Khola | |
  Lumle Location in Nepal  Lumle Lumle (Nepal) | |
| Coordinates: 28°21′N 83°50′E / 28.35°N 83.83°E | |
| Country |  Nepal |
| Zone | Gandaki Zone |
| District | Kaski District |
| Population (1991) | |
• Total | 4,685 |
| Time zone | UTC+5:45 (NST) |
| Area code | 061 |
Lumle is a town and Annapurna Rural Municipality, Kaski Kaski District in the Gandaki Zone of northern-central Nepal.[clarification needed] At the 1991 Nepal census, it had a population of 4,685 persons in 955 individual households.[1]
Lumle is well known for its agricultural centre on a hillside above the village founded in 1968 to train British Gurkha ex-servicemen farmers. Its role was expanded in 1975 to benefit the communities from which Gurkhas were recruited in Mid-West Hills. It is now part of Nepal Agricultural Research Council.[2]
- Tanchowk
Educational institutions in Lumle
- Balmandir Community School (community)
- Future Star English Boarding School (private)
- Shree Siddha Lower Secondary School (government)
- Shree Sangam Secondary School (government)
- Srijana Secondary School (government)
- Shree Paudurkot Lower Secondary School (government)
