Saldang
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Saldang
साल्दाङ | |
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Municipality | |
.jpg) Saldang, Nepal | |
  Saldang Location in Nepal | |
| Coordinates: 29°25′N 83°05′E / 29.42°N 83.09°E | |
| Country |  Nepal |
| Zone | Karnali Zone |
| District | Dolpa District |
| Elevation | 3,620 m (11,880 ft) |
| Population (2011) | |
• Total | 2,103 |
| Time zone | UTC+5:45 (Nepal Time) |
| Climate | Cwc |
Saldang is a village in Dolpa District in the Karnali Zone of north-western Nepal. Saldang lies at an altitude of 3,620 metres (11,880 ft) in the Nankhang Valley, in the historic Tibetan region of Dolpo. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census, Saldang had a population of 1,714 in 386 individual households,[1] and as of 2011 it has a population of 2,103 people.
The British tibetologist David Snellgrove wrote in 1967: "Like many other Dolpo villages, Saldang consists of a group of scattered houses built high on an 'alp' well above the gorge. The name probably means just 'Raised Place' ".[2]
Saldang is situated at an altitude of 3,620 metres (11,880 ft) of northwestern Nepal in the Nankhang Valley, the most populous of the sparsely populated valleys making up the culturally Tibetan region of Dolpo.[3] To the northwest of Saldang is the village of Bhijer and Shey Phoksundo National Park. Payang Town in Shigatse, Tibet, is about 80 kilometres (50 mi) by air northeast of the village.[4] It is a two-day walk from Saldang to Yang Tsher Monastery to reach Kato, a market on the border with Tibet where salt and wool from Tibet and foodgrains from Nepal are traded.[3]
