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It is a district with a strong religious affiliation and is popularly known amongst most Nepalese for the temple of Dolakha Bhimeshawor.","summary_more":[],"facts":[{"key":"type","label":"Type","values":[{"text":"district of Nepal","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2537537"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q28621#P31"}},{"key":"located_in","label":"Located in","values":[{"text":"Bagmati Province (province of Nepal)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q25104015","page":"https://diginpl.com/places/bagmati-province"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q28621#P131"}},{"key":"population","label":"Population","values":[{"text":"172,767 (2011)","as_of":"2011-11","value":172767.0}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q28621#P1082"}},{"key":"area","label":"Area","values":[{"text":"2,191 km²","value":2191.0}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q28621#P2046"}},{"key":"website","label":"Official website","values":[{"text":"ddcdolakha.gov.np","url":"https://ddcdolakha.gov.np/"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q28621#P856"}}],"office":null,"sections":[],"cited":[],"cited_from":null,"videos":[],"last_reviewed":null,"organizations":[],"same_as":["https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dolakha_District","https://ne.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%A6%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%96%E0%A4%BE_%E0%A4%9C%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B2%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%BE","https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q28621","https://ddcdolakha.gov.np/"],"faq":[{"q":"Where is Dolakha District located?","a":"Dolakha District is located in Bagmati Province, Nepal."},{"q":"What is the population of Dolakha District?","a":"The population of Dolakha District is 172,767 (as of 2011)."}],"related":[{"name":"Sobita Gautam","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/sobita-gautam"},{"name":"Prakriti Shrestha","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/prakriti-shrestha"},{"name":"Temba Tsheri","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/temba-tsheri"},{"name":"Jagdish Kharel","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/jagdish-kharel"},{"name":"Pushkar Shah","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/pushkar-shah"},{"name":"Ajaya Babu Shiwakoti","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/ajaya-babu-shiwakoti"}],"places_in":[{"name":"Gaurishankar","url":"https://diginpl.com/places/gaurishankar"},{"name":"Bhimeshwar","url":"https://diginpl.com/places/bhimeshwar"},{"name":"Jiri","url":"https://diginpl.com/places/jiri"}],"nearby":[{"name":"Bhimeshwar","url":"https://diginpl.com/places/bhimeshwar","km":1.5},{"name":"Sunkoshi River","url":"https://diginpl.com/places/sunkoshi-river","km":10.0},{"name":"May 2015 Nepal earthquake","url":"https://diginpl.com/places/may-2015-nepal-earthquake","km":14.1},{"name":"Bhotekoshi River","url":"https://diginpl.com/places/bhotekoshi-river","km":18.6},{"name":"Jiri","url":"https://diginpl.com/places/jiri","km":20.0},{"name":"Sindhupalchowk District","url":"https://diginpl.com/places/sindhupalchowk-district","km":34.6}],"image":{"url":"https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/35/Gaurishankar_Himal_range.jpg/960px-Gaurishankar_Himal_range.jpg","width":640,"height":427,"license":"CC BY-SA 4.0","credit":"Prashant Koju","page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gaurishankar_Himal_range.jpg"},"sources":[{"label":"Wikipedia (English): Dolakha District","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dolakha_District","license":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/"},{"label":"Wikipedia (Nepali): दोलखा जिल्ला","url":"https://ne.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%A6%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%96%E0%A4%BE_%E0%A4%9C%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B2%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%BE","license":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/"},{"label":"Wikidata item Q28621","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q28621","license":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/"},{"label":"Image: Gaurishankar Himal range.jpg by Prashant Koju (CC BY-SA 4.0)","url":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gaurishankar_Himal_range.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 Dolakha District, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page's text is shared under the same licence. Facts from Wikidata (CC0). Image: Gaurishankar Himal range.jpg — Prashant Koju, CC BY-SA 4.0.","cite":"\"Dolakha District\". DigiNepal. Last updated 2 October 2026. https://diginpl.com/places/dolakha-district. Retrieved 21 October 2026.","date_modified":"2026-10-02T06:19:02Z","facts_checked":"2026-10-21","alternates":{"html":"https://diginpl.com/places/dolakha-district","en":"https://diginpl.com/places/dolakha-district","ne":"https://diginpl.com/places/dolakha-district?lang=ne"}}