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The municipality is divided into total 14 wards.","The municipality was established on 10 March 2017, when Government of Nepal restricted all old administrative structure and announced 753 local level units as per the new constitution of Nepal 2015.","Shrinagar, Karkibada, Pina, part of Rara, Rowa, Gamgadhi and Ruga Village development committees were Incorporated to form this new municipality. The headquarters of the municipality is situated at Gamgadhi. The district headquarter of Mugu is also situated here."],"facts":[{"key":"type","label":"Type","values":[{"text":"municipality of Nepal","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3492039","start":"2017"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q55887536#P31"}},{"key":"located_in","label":"Located in","values":[{"text":"Mugu District (district of Nepal)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q28593","page":"https://diginpl.com/places/mugu-district"},{"text":"Karnali Province (province of Nepal)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q25104017","page":"https://diginpl.com/places/karnali-province"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q55887536#P131"}},{"key":"area","label":"Area","values":[{"text":"480.67 km²","value":480.67}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q55887536#P2046"}},{"key":"established","label":"Established","values":[{"text":"10 March 2017","date":"2017-03-10"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q55887536#P571"}},{"key":"website","label":"Official website","values":[{"text":"chhayanathraramun.gov.np","url":"http://www.chhayanathraramun.gov.np/"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q55887536#P856"}}],"office":null,"sections":[],"cited":[],"cited_from":null,"videos":[],"last_reviewed":null,"organizations":[],"same_as":["https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chhayanath_Rara","https://ne.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%9B%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%81%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A5_%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BE_%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","https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q55887536","http://www.chhayanathraramun.gov.np/"],"faq":[{"q":"Where is Chhayanath Rara located?","a":"Chhayanath Rara is located in Mugu District, Karnali 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":[{"name":"Pina, Nepal","url":"https://diginpl.com/places/pina-nepal"},{"name":"Gamgadhi","url":"https://diginpl.com/places/gamgadhi"}],"nearby":[{"name":"Mugu District","url":"https://diginpl.com/places/mugu-district","km":0.0},{"name":"Gamgadhi","url":"https://diginpl.com/places/gamgadhi","km":1.2},{"name":"Karkibada","url":"https://diginpl.com/places/karkibada","km":3.0},{"name":"Srinagar, Mugu","url":"https://diginpl.com/places/srinagar-mugu","km":3.2},{"name":"Rara Airport","url":"https://diginpl.com/places/rara-airport","km":3.6},{"name":"Karnali Zone","url":"https://diginpl.com/places/karnali-zone","km":3.7}],"image":{"url":"https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cf/A_small_village_on_the_slope._-_panoramio.jpg/960px-A_small_village_on_the_slope._-_panoramio.jpg","width":640,"height":428,"license":"CC BY 3.0","credit":"Sergey Pashko","page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:A_small_village_on_the_slope._-_panoramio.jpg"},"sources":[{"label":"Wikipedia (English): Chhayanath Rara","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chhayanath_Rara","license":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/"},{"label":"Wikipedia (Nepali): छायाँनाथ रारा नगरपालिका","url":"https://ne.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%9B%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%81%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A5_%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BE_%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","license":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/"},{"label":"Wikidata item Q55887536","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q55887536","license":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/"},{"label":"Image: A small village on the slope. - panoramio.jpg by Sergey Pashko (CC BY 3.0)","url":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:A_small_village_on_the_slope._-_panoramio.jpg","license":null}],"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 Chhayanath Rara, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page's text is shared under the same licence. Facts from Wikidata (CC0). Image: A small village on the slope. - panoramio.jpg — Sergey Pashko, CC BY 3.0.","cite":"\"Chhayanath Rara\". DigiNepal. Last updated 31 October 2026. https://diginpl.com/places/chhayanath-rara. Retrieved 5 November 2026.","date_modified":"2026-10-31T14:28:19Z","facts_checked":"2026-11-04","alternates":{"html":"https://diginpl.com/places/chhayanath-rara","en":"https://diginpl.com/places/chhayanath-rara","ne":"https://diginpl.com/places/chhayanath-rara?lang=ne"}}