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The north-southern border of the rural municipality touches the Myagdi District boundary.","summary_more":["The total area of the rural municipality is 885.78 square kilometres (342.00 mi2) and the total population, according to 2011 Nepal census, is 2,330 individuals. The rural municipality is divided into 5 wards. The admin center of the rural municipality is at Kagbeni.","Kagbeni, Jhong, Chhusang and Muktinath village development committees were Incorporated while established this rural municipality. The rural municipality came into existence on 10 March 2017, fulfilling the requirement of the new Constitution of Nepal 2015, Ministry of Federal Affairs and General Administration replaced all old VDCs and Municipalities into 753 new local level bodies."],"facts":[{"key":"type","label":"Type","values":[{"text":"rural municipality of Nepal","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q29467088","start":"2017"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q31271626#P31"}},{"key":"located_in","label":"Located in","values":[{"text":"Mustang District (district of Nepal)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2239575","page":"https://diginpl.com/places/mustang-district"},{"text":"Gandaki Province (province of Nepal)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q25104016","page":"https://diginpl.com/places/gandaki-province"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q31271626#P131"}},{"key":"area","label":"Area","values":[{"text":"885.78 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