Dang District is a district of Lumbini Province located in the Inner Terai of midwestern Nepal. Deukhuri valley of the district is the capital of the province and is the second largest valley of Asia surrounded by Sivalik Hills and Mahabharata Range. The district headquarter Ghorahi is the seventh largest city and the largest sub-metropolitan city of Nepal. Tulsipur sub-metropolitan city, the second largest city of Dang, is a major transportation hub with extensive road and air networks. The district covers an area of 2,955 km2 and has a population of 548,141.
World's largest Trishula (trident) at Pandaveshwor Temple in Dang District
Paleolithic artifacts (1.8 million to 100,000 years ago) site of Babai River in Dang Valley
Dang was annexed on 1760 AD by King Prithvi Narayan Shah
Surrounding hills of Ghorahi, Dang Valley
Lumbini Province is a province in western Nepal. The country's third largest province in terms of area as well as population, Lumbini is home to the World Heritage Site of Lumbini, where according to the Buddhist tradition, the founder of Buddhism, Gautama Buddha was born.
Image: Lumbini Buddhist pilgrimage IMG 0678 18
Image: Mt Sisne, Rukum
Image: Rani Mahal at Palpa
Image: Bageshwori Temple Nepalgunj
