# Samagaun

_Village development committee in Gandaki Zone, Nepal_

Canonical: https://diginpl.com/places/samagaun
Last updated: 2026-10-31

> Samagaun is one of the most popular and densely populated village on the Manaslu Circuit Treak route. Till 2017 it used to be a village development committee and now it falls under Chumanuwri Rural Municipality lies in Gorkha District in the Gandaki Province of northern-central Nepal. The village is located at an altitude between 3530 m and 3800m, making it the highest-located large settlement in the Manaslu Mountain Area
At the time of the 1991 Nepal census, it had a population of 665 and had 179 houses in the village. 100% of this population are followers of Buddhism.

## Quick facts

- **Type:** ward of Nepal ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3415196#P31))
- **Located in:** Gorkha District (district of Nepal) › Gandaki Province (province of Nepal) ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3415196#P131))
- **Population:** 604 (2011) ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3415196#P1082))
- **Coordinates:** 28.6400, 84.6100

## Questions

**Where is Samagaun located?**  
Samagaun is located in Gorkha District, Gandaki Province, Nepal.

**What is the population of Samagaun?**  
The population of Samagaun is 604 (as of 2011).

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## Sources

- [Wikipedia (English): Samagaun](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samagaun) — [CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/)
- [Wikipedia (Nepali): समागाउँ](https://ne.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%97%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%89%E0%A4%81) — [CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/)
- [Wikidata item Q3415196](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3415196) — [CC0 1.0](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)

## Licence and attribution

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## Cite this page

"Samagaun". DigiNepal. Last updated 31 October 2026. https://diginpl.com/places/samagaun. Retrieved 5 November 2026.