Dang District, Nepal
District in Lumbini Province, FDR Nepal
Dang District is a district of Lumbini Province located in the Inner Terai Rapti Zone of midwestern Nepal. Dang Valley is the first largest valley in Asia and the second largest in the world. It is surrounded by the Sivalik Hills and the Mahabharata Range. Ghorahi is the capital of the Dang district and Deukhuri of the Dang district is capital of the Lumbini province. The district headquarter Ghorahi is the seventh largest city and also the Lumbini province headquarters the largest sub-metropolitan city of Nepal. Tulsipur sub-metropolitan city, the second largest city of Dang, is a major transportation hub with extensive road and air networks. The district covers an area of 2,955 km2 and has a population of 674,993.