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Rangeli is linked by regular buses to the industrial city of Biratnagar.","Rangeli was once the district headquarters of Morang district, and was in the past a historically important trading town, although its role has declined over the last half a century with the growth of Biratnagar.  Nevertheless, it remains an important market centre serving south-eastern Morang district.","The first recorded settlement  in the region dates back to 7th century,  when King Mung Mawrong Hang came to prominence in the historical terai lands of Limbuwan (present-day Sunsari, Morang and Jhapa area). He cleared much of the forest area in present-day Rangeli, east of Biratnagar, and built a town there. He named his Kingdom Morang after his name and rose to power."],"facts":[{"key":"type","label":"Type","values":[{"text":"municipality of Nepal","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3492039"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q12448556#P31"}},{"key":"located_in","label":"Located in","values":[{"text":"Morang District (district of Nepal)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q28083","page":"https://diginpl.com/places/morang-district"},{"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/Q12448556#P131"}},{"key":"website","label":"Official website","values":[{"text":"rangelimun.gov.np","url":"http://rangelimun.gov.np"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q12448556#P856"}}],"office":null,"sections":[],"cited":[],"cited_from":null,"videos":[],"last_reviewed":null,"organizations":[],"same_as":["https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rangeli_Municipality","https://ne.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%99%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%97%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%B2%E0%A5%80_%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/Q12448556","http://rangelimun.gov.np"],"faq":[{"q":"Where is Rangeli Municipality located?","a":"Rangeli Municipality is located in Morang District, 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":[{"name":"Amgachhi","url":"https://diginpl.com/places/amgachhi"}],"nearby":[{"name":"Amgachhi","url":"https://diginpl.com/places/amgachhi","km":3.7},{"name":"Takuwa","url":"https://diginpl.com/places/takuwa","km":4.6},{"name":"Sunawarshi Municipality","url":"https://diginpl.com/places/sunawarshi-municipality","km":5.1},{"name":"Drabesha","url":"https://diginpl.com/places/drabesha","km":5.6},{"name":"Sorabhaj","url":"https://diginpl.com/places/sorabhaj","km":5.7},{"name":"Dainiya","url":"https://diginpl.com/places/dainiya","km":7.3}],"image":{"url":"https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/Rangeli_Municipality-1654.jpg/3840px-Rangeli_Municipality-1654.jpg?utm_source=en.wikipedia.org&utm_campaign=api&utm_content=thumbnail","width":640,"height":427,"license":"CC BY-SA 4.0","credit":"Bijay Chaurasia","page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Rangeli_Municipality-1654.jpg"},"sources":[{"label":"Wikipedia (English): Rangeli Municipality","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rangeli_Municipality","license":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/"},{"label":"Wikipedia (Nepali): रंगेली","url":"https://ne.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%99%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%97%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%B2%E0%A5%80_%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 Q12448556","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q12448556","license":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/"},{"label":"Image: Rangeli Municipality-1654.jpg by Bijay Chaurasia (CC BY-SA 4.0)","url":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Rangeli_Municipality-1654.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 Rangeli Municipality, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page's text is shared under the same licence. Facts from Wikidata (CC0). Image: Rangeli Municipality-1654.jpg — Bijay Chaurasia, CC BY-SA 4.0.","cite":"\"Rangeli Municipality\". DigiNepal. Last updated 31 October 2026. https://diginpl.com/places/rangeli-municipality. Retrieved 4 November 2026.","date_modified":"2026-10-31T10:00:46Z","facts_checked":"2026-11-04","alternates":{"html":"https://diginpl.com/places/rangeli-municipality","en":"https://diginpl.com/places/rangeli-municipality","ne":"https://diginpl.com/places/rangeli-municipality?lang=ne"}}