# Chapakot Municipality

_Municipality in Syangja District, Nepal_

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Last updated: 2026-10-02

> Chapakot is a municipality in the southeastern part of Syangja District in Gandaki Province of central Nepal. The new municipality was formed by merging three existing villages—Ratnapur, Kuwakot and Chapakot—on 18 May 2014. On 12 March 2017 the government implemented the new local administrative structure consisting of 744 local units. With the implementation of this new local administrative structure, the old structure will no longer be in existence. According to the new structure, VDCs will be replaced with village councils. Newly merged VDCs are Sankhar, Sekham, Ward no. 8 of Pakbadi & Ward no. of Malyangkot. The office of the municipality is that of the former Chapakot Municipality.

## Quick facts

- **Type:** municipality of Nepal ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5072905#P31))
- **Located in:** Syangja District (district of Nepal) › Gandaki Province (province of Nepal) ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5072905#P131))
- **Area:** 120.59 km² ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5072905#P2046))
- **Official website:** chapakotmun.gov.np ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5072905#P856))
- **Coordinates:** 27.8833, 83.8333

## Questions

**Where is Chapakot Municipality located?**  
Chapakot Municipality is located in Syangja District, Gandaki Province, Nepal.

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## Sources

- [Wikipedia (English): Chapakot Municipality](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chapakot_Municipality) — [CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/)
- [Wikipedia (Nepali): चापाकोट](https://ne.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%9A%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%9F_%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%97%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%BE) — [CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/)
- [Wikidata item Q5072905](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5072905) — [CC0 1.0](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- [Image: Chapakot Municipality.jpg by Chapakot Municipality (CC BY-SA 4.0)](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Chapakot_Municipality.jpg)

## Licence and attribution

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## Cite this page

"Chapakot Municipality". DigiNepal. Last updated 2 October 2026. https://diginpl.com/places/chapakot-municipality. Retrieved 21 October 2026.