Meringden Rural Municipality
Human settlement in eastern Nepal
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Meringden is a Gaupalika (Nepali: गाउपालिका, romanized: gaupalika, formerly: village development committee) located in Taplejung District in the Mechi Zone of eastern Nepal. The local body was formed by merging five VDCs Thinglabu, Santhakra, Khamlung, Lingtep, Thukima, Nalbu. Currently, it has a total of 6 wards. The population of the rural municipality is 12,548 according to the data collected on 2017 Nepalese local elections.
Meringden
མེ་རིང་ལྡན | |
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| མེ་རིང་ལྡན་གྲོང་གསེབ་གྲོང་ཁྱེར | |
  Meringden Location in Nepal | |
| Coordinates: 27°30′35.99″N 87°31′47.78″E | |
| Country | Nepal |
| Development Region | Eastern |
| Zone | Mechi |
| District | Taplejung |
| Province | Province No. 1 |
| Rural Municipality | Meringden |
| Established | 10 March 2017 |
| Government | |
| • Type | Gaunpalika |
| • Chairperson | Mr.Ganesh Bahadur Limbu (NC) |
| • Vice-chairperson | Mrs.Kalpana Tumbahamphe (NCP) |
| Area | |
• Total | 210 km2 (81 sq mi) |
| Population (2017)[1] | |
• Total | 12,548 |
| • Density | 60/km2 (150/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+5:45 (NST) |
| Website | Official Website |
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Population
As per 2017, Meringden hosts a population of 12,548 across a total area of 210 km2.