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Kalinchowk is divided into 9 wards, with Sunakhani declared the administrative center of the rural municipality.","Kalinchowk is a hill station and a tourist hotspot. It is located at 3842 meters of altitude and about 150km northeast from national capital Kathmandu. The place is best known for trekking and skiing. During the December, January and February (mainly Paush and Magh in Nepali months) snowfalls in Kalinchowk."],"facts":[{"key":"type","label":"Type","values":[{"text":"ward of Nepal","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1530705","end":"2017"},{"text":"rural municipality of Nepal","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q29467088","start":"2017"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3426793#P31"}},{"key":"located_in","label":"Located in","values":[{"text":"Dolakha District (district of Nepal)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q28621","page":"https://diginpl.com/places/dolakha-district"},{"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/Q3426793#P131"}},{"key":"area","label":"Area","values":[{"text":"132.49 km²","value":132.49}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3426793#P2046"}},{"key":"website","label":"Official website","values":[{"text":"kalinchowkmun.gov.np","url":"https://www.kalinchowkmun.gov.np/"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3426793#P856"}}],"office":null,"sections":[],"cited":[],"cited_from":null,"videos":[],"last_reviewed":null,"organizations":[],"same_as":["https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kalinchowk_Rural_Municipality","https://ne.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%9A%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%95_%E0%A4%97%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%81%E0%A4%89%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%BE","https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3426793","https://www.kalinchowkmun.gov.np/"],"faq":[{"q":"Where is Kalinchowk Rural Municipality located?","a":"Kalinchowk Rural Municipality is located in Dolakha District, Bagmati Province, Nepal."}],"related":[{"name":"Jagadish Kharel","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/jagadish-kharel"},{"name":"Smriti Senchuri","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/smriti-senchuri"},{"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"}],"places_in":[{"name":"Kalinchowk Bhagwati Temple","url":"https://diginpl.com/places/kalinchowk-bhagwati-temple"}],"nearby":[{"name":"Khupachagu","url":"https://diginpl.com/places/khupachagu","km":0.0},{"name":"Alampu","url":"https://diginpl.com/places/alampu","km":4.9},{"name":"Babare","url":"https://diginpl.com/places/babare","km":4.9},{"name":"Bigu Rural Municipality","url":"https://diginpl.com/places/bigu-rural-municipality","km":5.0},{"name":"Chilankha","url":"https://diginpl.com/places/chilankha","km":5.7},{"name":"Kalinchowk Bhagwati Temple","url":"https://diginpl.com/places/kalinchowk-bhagwati-temple","km":6.2}],"image":{"url":"https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f4/Kuri_Village.jpg/3840px-Kuri_Village.jpg?utm_source=en.wikipedia.org&utm_campaign=api&utm_content=thumbnail","width":640,"height":480,"license":"CC BY-SA 4.0","credit":"Anish Manandhar","page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kuri_Village.jpg"},"sources":[{"label":"Wikipedia (English): Kalinchowk Rural Municipality","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kalinchowk_Rural_Municipality","license":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/"},{"label":"Wikipedia (Nepali): कालिञ्चोक","url":"https://ne.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%9A%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%95_%E0%A4%97%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%81%E0%A4%89%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 Q3426793","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3426793","license":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/"},{"label":"Image: Kuri Village.jpg by Anish Manandhar (CC BY-SA 4.0)","url":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kuri_Village.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 Kalinchowk Rural Municipality, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page's text is shared under the same licence. Facts from Wikidata (CC0). Image: Kuri Village.jpg — Anish Manandhar, CC BY-SA 4.0.","cite":"\"Kalinchowk Rural Municipality\". DigiNepal. Last updated 5 November 2026. https://diginpl.com/places/kalinchowk-rural-municipality. Retrieved 7 November 2026.","date_modified":"2026-11-05T06:42:23Z","facts_checked":"2026-11-07","alternates":{"html":"https://diginpl.com/places/kalinchowk-rural-municipality","en":"https://diginpl.com/places/kalinchowk-rural-municipality","ne":"https://diginpl.com/places/kalinchowk-rural-municipality?lang=ne"}}