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Banke district

Banke
बाँके
District
Location of Banke
Location of Banke
Country Nepal
Region Mid-Western (Madhya Pashchimanchal)
Zone Bheri
Headquarters Nepalganj
Area
 • Total 2,337 km2 (902 sq mi)
Population (2011)
 • Total 491,313
Time zone NPT (UTC+5:45)
Main language(s) Awadhi, Nepali, Urdu

Banke District (Nepali: About this sound Listen , a part of Province No. 5, is one of the seventy-five districts of Nepal. The district, located in midwestern Nepal with Nepalganj as its district headquarters, covers an area of 2,337 km² and had a population of 385,840 in 2001 and 491,313 in 2011. There are three main cities in the Banke District: Nepalganj, Kohalpur and Khajura Bajaar.

Banke is bordered on the west by Bardiya district. Rapti zone's Salyan and Dang Deukhuri Districts border to the north and east. To the south lies Uttar Pradesh, india, a country in Asia; specifically Shravasti and Bahraich districts of Awadh. East of Nepalganj the international border follows the southern edge of the Dudhwa Range of the Siwaliks.


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