Kathmandu Valley
The Kathmandu Valley is a region of 600km² in the Bagmati zone in central Nepal. It's home to three of the largest cities in Nepal, including Kathmandu itself, as well as hundreds of smaller towns and villages. Buddhist Temple of Boudhanath, Kathmandu…Tap on the map to travel |
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Kathmandu
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Kathmandu is the largest city and capital of Nepal and the namesake of the Kathmandu Valley.
Patan
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Patan, Lalitpur Metropolitan City, is one of the largest cities in Nepal and is located just across the Bagmati river from Kathmandu.
Bhaktapur
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Bhaktapur is a city in Nepal known variously as City of Culture, Living Heritage, Nepal's Cultural Gem, An open museum and a City of Devotees.
Destinations
Kirtipur
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Kirtipur is a town in the Kathmandu Valley of Nepal, 5 km southwest of Kathmandu on a rocky hill between 1,300-1,500 m in elevation.
Dhulikhel
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Dhulikhel is a town of about 10,000 people on the eastern fringe of the Kathmandu Valley in Nepal.
Kakani
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Kaksni is in the Nuwakot District. It is 20 km along the road from Kathmandu to Trisuli Baazar, the turn-off to the village is just before the police checkpoint where there is a cluster of shops.
Chobhar
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Chobhar is an ancient hill village in Kathmandu Valley a few kilometres southwest of Kathmandu.
Kumpur
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Kumpur is a village in Dhading District in the Bagmati Zone of the Himalayas region of Nepal.
Bungmati
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Bungmati is a small town in the Kathmandu Valley of Nepal, located 10 km south of the centre of Kathmandu.
Pharping
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Pharping is a small Newar town lying above the Bagmati river on the southern edge of the Kathmandu valley, about 23 km from the capital.
Kathmandu Valley
- Type: Valley
- Description: valley in Bagmati Province, Nepal
- Location: Mahalaxmi, Lalitpur, Bagmati Province, Nepal, South Asia, Asia
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Latitude of centre
27.6667° or 27° 40' northLongitude of centre
85.35° or 85° 21' eastElevation
1,302 metres (4,272 feet)GeoNames ID
1283239Wikidata ID
Q970717Kathmandu Valley Satellite Map
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Also Known As
- Arabic: وادي كاتماندو
- Armenian: Կատմանդու դաշտավայր
- Armenian: Կատմանդուի հովիտ
- Balinese: Lebah Kathmandu
- Basque: Katmanduko ibarra
- Bengali: কাঠমান্ডু উপত্যকা
- Bhojpuri: काठमांडू उपत्यका
- Bhojpuri: काठमांडू घाटी
- Bhojpuri: काठमांडो उपत्यका
- Bhojpuri: काठमांडो घाटी
- Burmese: ခတ္တမန္ဒုတောင်ကြား
- Catalan: Vall de Katmandú
- Cebuano: Kathmandu Valley
- Chinese: 加德满都谷地
- Croatian: Dolina Katmandu
- Czech: Údolí Káthmándú
- Danish: Kathmandudalen
- Dutch: Kathmandu-vallei
- English: Nepal Valley
- English: Nepa valley
- Esperanto: Katmandua Valo
- Esperanto: Nepala Valo
- Estonian: Katmandu org
- Finnish: Katmandun laakso
- French: Vallée de Katmandou
- French: vallée de Katmandou
- Galician: Val de Katmandú
- Georgian: კატმანდუს ხეობა
- German: Kathmandutal
- Greek: Κοιλάδα του Κατμαντού
- Hebrew: עמק קטמנדו
- Hindi: काठमांडू उपत्यका
- Hungarian: Katmandu-völgy
- Indonesian: Lembah Kathmandu
- Italian: Valle di Katmandu
- Japanese: カトマンズの渓谷
- Javanese: Kathmandu valley
- Javanese: Lebak Kathmandu
- Korean: 카트만두 계곡
- Lithuanian: Katmandu slėnis
- Maithili: काठमाडौं उपत्यका
- Malayalam: കാഠ്മണ്ഡു താഴ്വര
- Maltese: Wied ta' Kathmandu
- Maltese: Wied tan-Nepa
- Maltese: Wied tan-Nepal
- Mingrelian: კატმანდუშ ლეხერი
- Nepali: काठमाडौँ उपत्यका
- Nepali: काठमाडौं उपत्यका
- Nepali: नेपाल उपत्यका
- Norwegian: Katmandudalen
- Norwegian Bokmål: Katmandudalen
- Panjabi: ਕਾਠਮੰਡੂ ਵੈਲੀ
- Persian: دره کاتماندو
- Polish: Kotlina Katmandu
- Portuguese: Vale de Catmandu
- Portuguese: Vale de Kathmandu
- Portuguese: Vale do Kathmandu
- Romanian: Valea Kathmandu
- Russian: Долина Катманду
- Serbo-Croatian: Dolina Katmandu
- Slovenian: Katmandujska dolina
- Spanish: Valle de Katmandu
- Spanish: Valle de Katmandú
- Swedish: Katmandudalen
- Tamil: காத்மாண்டு சமவெளி
- Telugu: ఖాట్మండు లోయ
- Thai: หุบเขากาฐมาณฑุ
- Tibetan: ཡམ་བུ།
- Turkish: Katmandu Vadisi
- Ukrainian: Долина Катманду
- Urdu: وادئ کاٹھمنڈو
- Vietnamese: Thung lũng Kathmandu
- Western Panjabi: وادئ کاٹھمنڈو
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About Mapcarta. Thanks to Mapbox for providing amazing maps. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, excluding photos, directions and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page Kathmandu Valley. Photo: Ritesh Man Tamrakar, CC BY-SA 2.0.