# Thawang

_Village development committee in Rapti Zone, Nepal_

Canonical: https://diginpl.com/places/thawang
Last updated: 2026-11-02

> Thawang is a village development committee in Rolpa District in the Lumbini Province of western Nepal. At the time of the 2021 Nepal census it had a population of 4522 people living in 853 individual households. It is now in Thabang Rural Municipality Ward No. 2 and 3. This is a beautiful settlement of Nepal. This settlement has a majority of Magar and is the main settlement area of Kham speakers. From this place, you can go to Jaljala, a famous and beautiful place in Nepal. It was one of the first villages to rise up against the monarchy in the Nepalese Civil War and subsequently the site of a massacre perpetrated by the Royal Nepali Army in 2002.

## Quick facts

- **Type:** ward of Nepal ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3416515#P31))
- **Located in:** Rolpa District (district of Nepal) › Lumbini Province (province of Nepal) ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3416515#P131))
- **Coordinates:** 28.4800, 82.7200

## Questions

**Where is Thawang located?**  
Thawang is located in Rolpa District, Lumbini Province, Nepal.

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## Sources

- [Wikipedia (English): Thawang](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thawang) — [CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/)
- [Wikipedia (Nepali): थवाङ](https://ne.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%A5%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%99) — [CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/)
- [Wikidata item Q3416515](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3416515) — [CC0 1.0](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- [Image: Thabang, magar village.jpg by Vishal Acharya (CC BY-SA 4.0)](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Thabang,_magar_village.jpg)

## Licence and attribution

Text from the Wikipedia article Thawang, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page's text is shared under the same licence. Facts from Wikidata (CC0). Image: Thabang, magar village.jpg — Vishal Acharya, CC BY-SA 4.0.

## Cite this page

"Thawang". DigiNepal. Last updated 2 November 2026. https://diginpl.com/places/thawang. Retrieved 4 November 2026.