Mustang District

Mustang District

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   For the differently spelled district, in the Suleiman Range of Pakistan, see Mastung District.

   Mustang मुस्ताङ जिल्ला སྨོནཋང
   District
   Location of Mustang
   Country	Nepal
   Region	Western (Pashchimanchal)
   Zone	Dhaulagiri
   Area
   • Total	3,573 km2 (1,380 sq mi)
   Population (2011)
   • Total	13,452
   • Density	3.8/km2 (9.8/sq mi)
   Time zone	NPT (UTC+5:45)

   
   Tetang terraced fields, Lower Mustang
   
   Kagbeni village of Mustang, Nepal 1999
   Mustang District (Nepali: मुस्ताङ जिल्ला Listen (help·info)), a part of Province No. 4, is one of the seventy-five districts of Nepal. The district, with Jomsom as its headquarters, covers an area of 3,573 km² and has a population (2011) of 13,452.^[1]
   The district straddles the Himalayas and extends northward onto the Tibetan plateau. Upper Mustang, the former Lo Kingdom comprises the northern two-thirds of the district. This kingdom was a dependency of the Kingdom of Nepal since 1795 ^[2], but was abolished by the republican Government of Nepal on October 7, 2008.
   In addition to trekking routes through the Lo Kingdom ("Upper Mustang") and along the Annapurna Circuit in lower Mustang, the district is famous for the springs and village of Muktinath (a popular Hindu and Buddhist pilgrimage site), apples, and Marpha brandy. Mustang was a lost kingdom of Tibet and today traditions have survived longer than in Tibet proper following its annexation by China.
   
   
   Map of the VDCs in Mustang District

   Contents

   • 1 Geography and climate
   • 2 Village Development Committees (VDCs)
   • 3 See also
   • 4 References
   • 5 External links

   Geography and climate

   Climate Zone[3]	Elevation Range	% of Area
   Temperate	2,000 to 3,000 meters 6,400 to 9,800 ft.	4.0%
   Subalpine	3,000 to 4,000 meters 9,800 to 13,100 ft.	4.7%
   Alpine	4,000 to 5,000 meters 13,100 to 16,400 ft.	2.7%
   Nival	above 5,000 meters	8.8%
   Trans-Himalayan[4] [5]	3,000 to 6,400 meters 9,800 to 21,000 ft.	79.8%

   Village Development Committees (VDCs)

   • Charang
   • Chhonhup
   • Chhoser
   • Chhusang
   • Dhami
   • Jhong
   • Jomsom
   • Kagbeni
   • Kowang
   • Kunjo
   • Lete
   • Lo Manthang
   • Marpha
   • Muktinath
   • Surkhang
   • Tukuche

   Mustang has a semi-arid climate

   A village in Mustang District

   The only airport in Mustang

   See also

   • Gandaki River
   • Jomsom
   • Jomsom Airport
   • Kagbeni, Mustang
   • Kali Gandaki Gorge
   • Kali Gandaki River
   • Lo Manthang
   • Mustang Caves
   • Mustang (kingdom)
   • Tangbe
   • Upper Mustang
   • Zones of Nepal

   References

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6. "National Population and Housing Census 2011 (National Report)" (PDF). Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved November 2012. Check date values in: |access-date= (help)
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8. https://flagspot.net/flags/np-must.html
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10. The Map of Potential Vegetation of Nepal - a forestry/agroecological/biodiversity classification system (PDF), . Forest & Landscape Development and Environment Series 2-2005 and CFC-TIS Document Series No.110., 2005, ISBN 87-7903-210-9, retrieved Nov 22, 2013 horizontal tab character in |series= at position 91 (help)
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12. Shrestha, Mani R.; Rokaya, Maan B.; Ghimire, Suresh K. (2005). "Vegetation pattern of Trans-Himalayan zone in the North-West Nepal". Nepal Journal of Plant Sciences. 1: 129–135. Retrieved Feb 7, 2014.
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Banerji, Gargi; Basu, Sejuti. "Climate Change and Himalayan Cold Deserts: Mapping vulnerability and threat to ecology and indigenous livelihoods" (PDF). Pragya. Gurgaon, Haryana, India. Retrieved February 7, 2014.