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In March 2017, following the restructuring of local administrative units, the municipality was expanded to include the former municipality of Anantalingeshwor and the former Village Development Committees of Sirutar, Gundu, Dadhikot, and Balkot.","The municipality's name is derived from the local Suryavinayak Temple."],"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/Q21001381#P31"}},{"key":"located_in","label":"Located in","values":[{"text":"Bhaktapur District (district of Nepal)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q28451","page":"https://diginpl.com/places/bhaktapur-district"},{"text":"Bagmati Province (province of Nepal)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q25104015","page":"https://diginpl.com/places/bagmati-province"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21001381#P131"}},{"key":"area","label":"Area","values":[{"text":"42.45 km²","value":42.45}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21001381#P2046"}},{"key":"established","label":"Established","values":[{"text":"December 2014","date":"2014-12"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21001381#P571"}}],"office":null,"sections":[],"cited":[],"cited_from":null,"videos":[],"last_reviewed":null,"organizations":[],"same_as":["https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suryabinayak_Municipality","https://ne.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%82%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%95_%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/Q21001381"],"faq":[{"q":"Where is Suryabinayak Municipality located?","a":"Suryabinayak Municipality is located in Bhaktapur District, Bagmati Province, Nepal."}],"related":[{"name":"Pramila Kuluju","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/pramila-kuluju"},{"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"}],"places_in":[],"nearby":[{"name":"Kautunje","url":"https://diginpl.com/places/kautunje","km":1.2},{"name":"Bhaktapur District","url":"https://diginpl.com/places/bhaktapur-district","km":1.6},{"name":"Madhyapur Thimi","url":"https://diginpl.com/places/madhyapur-thimi","km":2.0},{"name":"Bhatgaon, Nepal","url":"https://diginpl.com/places/bhatgaon-nepal","km":2.5},{"name":"Gundu, Nepal","url":"https://diginpl.com/places/gundu-nepal","km":2.5},{"name":"Suryavinayak Temple","url":"https://diginpl.com/places/suryavinayak-temple","km":2.6}],"image":{"url":"https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Doleshwar_Temple.jpg/960px-Doleshwar_Temple.jpg","width":640,"height":640,"license":"CC BY 4.0","credit":"Ganesh Niraula","page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Doleshwar_Temple.jpg"},"sources":[{"label":"Wikipedia (English): Suryabinayak Municipality","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suryabinayak_Municipality","license":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/"},{"label":"Wikipedia (Nepali): सूर्यविनायक नगरपालिका","url":"https://ne.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%82%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%95_%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 Q21001381","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21001381","license":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/"},{"label":"Image: Doleshwar Temple.jpg by Ganesh Niraula (CC BY 4.0)","url":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Doleshwar_Temple.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 Suryabinayak Municipality, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page's text is shared under the same licence. Facts from Wikidata (CC0). Image: Doleshwar Temple.jpg — Ganesh Niraula, CC BY 4.0.","cite":"\"Suryabinayak Municipality\". DigiNepal. Last updated 31 October 2026. https://diginpl.com/places/suryabinayak-municipality. Retrieved 4 November 2026.","date_modified":"2026-10-31T14:28:19Z","facts_checked":"2026-11-04","alternates":{"html":"https://diginpl.com/places/suryabinayak-municipality","en":"https://diginpl.com/places/suryabinayak-municipality","ne":"https://diginpl.com/places/suryabinayak-municipality?lang=ne"}}