# Rong Rural Municipality

_Rural municipality in Province No. 1, Nepal_

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Last updated: 2026-10-31

> 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 ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q50072391#P31))
- **Located in:** Ilam District (district of Nepal) › Koshi Province (province of Nepal) ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q50072391#P131))
- **Area:** 155.06 km² ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q50072391#P2046))
- **Official website:** rongmun.gov.np ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q50072391#P856))
- **Coordinates:** 26.8000, 88.0500

## 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.

## Questions

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

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## Sources

- [Wikipedia (English): Rong Rural Municipality](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rong_Rural_Municipality) — [CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/)
- [Wikipedia (Nepali): रोङ गाउँपालिका](https://ne.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%99_%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) — [CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/)
- [Wikidata item Q50072391](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q50072391) — [CC0 1.0](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)

## Licence and attribution

Text from the Wikipedia article Rong Rural Municipality, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page's text is shared under the same licence. Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

## Cite this page

"Rong Rural Municipality". DigiNepal. Last updated 31 October 2026. https://diginpl.com/places/rong-rural-municipality. Retrieved 6 November 2026.