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Rong Rural Municipality

रोङ गाउँपालिका

Rural municipality in Province No. 1, Nepal

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Rong (Nepali: रोङ गाउँपालिका) is a rural municipality out of six rural municipalities located in Ilam District of Province No. 1 of Nepal. Six out of Ilam's 10 municipalities are rural and the remaining four urban.

Quick facts

Type
rural municipality of Nepal wd
Located in
Ilam District (district of Nepal) › Koshi Province (province of Nepal) wd
Area
155.06 km² wd
Official website
rongmun.gov.np wd

About

According to Ministry of Federal Affairs and Local Development Rong has an area of 155.06 square kilometres (59.87 mi2) and the total population of the municipality is 19135 as of Census of Nepal 2011.

Jirmale, Erautar, Kolbung and Shantipur which previously were all separate Village development committee merged to form this new local level body. 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 6 wards and the headquarter of this newly formed rural municipality is situated in Kolbung.

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Questions

Where is Rong Rural Municipality located?
Rong Rural Municipality is located in Ilam District, Koshi Province, Nepal.

Sources

  1. Wikipedia (English): Rong Rural Municipality · CC BY-SA 4.0
  2. Wikipedia (Nepali): रोङ गाउँपालिका · CC BY-SA 4.0
  3. Wikidata item Q50072391 · CC0 1.0

Last updated · facts checked 3 November 2026

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"Rong Rural Municipality". DigiNepal. Last updated 31 October 2026. https://diginpl.com/places/rong-rural-municipality. Retrieved 3 November 2026.

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