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Fulfilling the requirement of the new Constitution of Nepal 2015, Ministry of Federal Affairs and Local Development replaced all old VDCs and Municipalities into 753 new local level body (Municipality).","The rural municipality is divided into total 7 wards and the headquarter of this newly formed rural municipality is situated in Kyampa Bazar."],"facts":[{"key":"type","label":"Type","values":[{"text":"rural municipality of Nepal","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q29467088"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q32775071#P31"}},{"key":"located_in","label":"Located in","values":[{"text":"Koshi Province (province of Nepal)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q25104008","page":"https://diginpl.com/places/koshi-province"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q32775071#P131"}},{"key":"area","label":"Area","values":[{"text":"104.57 km²","value":104.57}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q32775071#P2046"}},{"key":"established","label":"Established","values":[{"text":"10 March 2017","date":"2017-03-10"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q32775071#P571"}},{"key":"website","label":"Official website","values":[{"text":"kamalmun.gov.np","url":"http://www.kamalmun.gov.np/"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q32775071#P856"}}],"office":null,"sections":[],"cited":[],"cited_from":null,"videos":[],"last_reviewed":null,"organizations":[],"same_as":["https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kamal_Rural_Municipality","https://ne.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%B2_%E0%A4%97%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%89%E0%A4%81%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%BE","https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q32775071","http://www.kamalmun.gov.np/"],"faq":[{"q":"Where is Kamal Rural Municipality located?","a":"Kamal Rural Municipality is located in Koshi 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":[],"nearby":[{"name":"Topgachchi","url":"https://diginpl.com/places/topgachchi","km":0.0},{"name":"Dharampur, Jhapa","url":"https://diginpl.com/places/dharampur-jhapa","km":3.8},{"name":"Gauradaha Municipality","url":"https://diginpl.com/places/gauradaha-municipality","km":5.4},{"name":"Lakhanpur, Jhapa","url":"https://diginpl.com/places/lakhanpur-jhapa","km":6.0},{"name":"Damak Municipality","url":"https://diginpl.com/places/damak-municipality","km":6.0},{"name":"Maharanijhoda","url":"https://diginpl.com/places/maharanijhoda","km":8.3}],"image":null,"sources":[{"label":"Wikipedia (English): Kamal Rural Municipality","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kamal_Rural_Municipality","license":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/"},{"label":"Wikipedia (Nepali): कमल गाउँपालिका","url":"https://ne.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%B2_%E0%A4%97%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%89%E0%A4%81%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 Q32775071","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q32775071","license":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/"}],"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 Kamal Rural Municipality, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page's text is shared under the same licence. Facts from Wikidata (CC0).","cite":"\"Kamal Rural Municipality\". DigiNepal. Last updated 31 October 2026. https://diginpl.com/places/kamal-rural-municipality. Retrieved 4 November 2026.","date_modified":"2026-10-31T14:57:58Z","facts_checked":"2026-11-04","alternates":{"html":"https://diginpl.com/places/kamal-rural-municipality","en":"https://diginpl.com/places/kamal-rural-municipality","ne":"https://diginpl.com/places/kamal-rural-municipality?lang=ne"}}