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Fulfilling the requirement of the new Constitution of Nepal 2015, Ministry of Federal Affairs and Local Development replaced all old VDCs and Municipalities into 753 new local level body (Municipality).","The rural municipality is divided into total 6 wards and the headquarter of this newly formed rural municipality is situated in Amahibelaha."],"facts":[{"key":"type","label":"Type","values":[{"text":"rural municipality of Nepal","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q29467088"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q42896116#P31"}},{"key":"located_in","label":"Located in","values":[{"text":"Sunsari District (district of Nepal)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q28157","page":"https://diginpl.com/places/sunsari-district"},{"text":"Koshi Province (province of Nepal)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q25104008","page":"https://diginpl.com/places/koshi-province"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q42896116#P131"}},{"key":"area","label":"Area","values":[{"text":"69.43 km²","value":69.43}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q42896116#P2046"}},{"key":"established","label":"Established","values":[{"text":"10 March 2017","date":"2017-03-10"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q42896116#P571"}},{"key":"website","label":"Official website","values":[{"text":"barjumun.gov.np","url":"http://www.barjumun.gov.np/"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q42896116#P856"}}],"office":null,"sections":[],"cited":[],"cited_from":null,"videos":[],"last_reviewed":null,"organizations":[],"same_as":["https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barju_Rural_Municipality","https://ne.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AC%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%9C%E0%A5%81_%E0%A4%97%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%89%E0%A4%81%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%BE","https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q42896116","http://www.barjumun.gov.np/"],"faq":[{"q":"Where is Barju Rural Municipality located?","a":"Barju Rural Municipality is located in Sunsari District, Koshi Province, Nepal."}],"related":[{"name":"Mount Everest","url":"https://diginpl.com/places/mount-everest"},{"name":"Himalayas","url":"https://diginpl.com/places/himalayas"},{"name":"Kathmandu","url":"https://diginpl.com/places/kathmandu"},{"name":"Kangchenjunga","url":"https://diginpl.com/places/kangchenjunga"},{"name":"Annapurna (mountain range)","url":"https://diginpl.com/places/annapurna-mountain-range"},{"name":"Dhaulagiri","url":"https://diginpl.com/places/dhaulagiri"},{"name":"Makalu","url":"https://diginpl.com/places/makalu"},{"name":"Lhotse","url":"https://diginpl.com/places/lhotse"},{"name":"Cho Oyu","url":"https://diginpl.com/places/cho-oyu"},{"name":"Manaslu","url":"https://diginpl.com/places/manaslu"},{"name":"Pokhara","url":"https://diginpl.com/places/pokhara"},{"name":"Lumbini","url":"https://diginpl.com/places/lumbini"}],"places_in":[],"nearby":[{"name":"Amahibelaha","url":"https://diginpl.com/places/amahibelaha","km":0.0},{"name":"Ramganj Belgachhi","url":"https://diginpl.com/places/ramganj-belgachhi","km":3.2},{"name":"Amaduwa","url":"https://diginpl.com/places/amaduwa","km":3.5},{"name":"Ramganj Senuwari","url":"https://diginpl.com/places/ramganj-senuwari","km":4.1},{"name":"Chimdi","url":"https://diginpl.com/places/chimdi","km":4.6},{"name":"Sahebganj, Nepal","url":"https://diginpl.com/places/sahebganj-nepal","km":4.9}],"image":null,"sources":[{"label":"Wikipedia (English): Barju Rural Municipality","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barju_Rural_Municipality","license":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/"},{"label":"Wikipedia (Nepali): बर्जु गाउँपालिका","url":"https://ne.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AC%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%9C%E0%A5%81_%E0%A4%97%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%89%E0%A4%81%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%BE","license":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/"},{"label":"Wikidata item Q42896116","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q42896116","license":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/"}],"license":{"text":"CC BY-SA 4.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/","facts":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/"},"attribution":"Text from the Wikipedia article Barju Rural Municipality, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page's text is shared under the same licence. Facts from Wikidata (CC0).","cite":"\"Barju Rural Municipality\". DigiNepal. Last updated 31 October 2026. https://diginpl.com/places/barju-rural-municipality. Retrieved 4 November 2026.","date_modified":"2026-10-31T14:28:19Z","facts_checked":"2026-11-04","alternates":{"html":"https://diginpl.com/places/barju-rural-municipality","en":"https://diginpl.com/places/barju-rural-municipality","ne":"https://diginpl.com/places/barju-rural-municipality?lang=ne"}}