Country Nepal District Sindhupalchok District Population 3,102 (1991) | Zone Bagmati Zone Time zone Nepal Time (UTC+5:45) Local time Monday 3:30 PM | |
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Weather 13°C, Wind S at 10 km/h, 66% Humidity | ||
Tatopani is a village in Sindhupalchok District in the Bagmati Zone of central Nepal. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census it had a population of 3102 and had 613 houses in the village. Majority people are of ethnic Sherpa and Tamang. Historically and today, it is a huge trading post between Nepal and China. People living here speak Nepali and Tibetan. The actual border crossing is at Kodari.
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Map of Tatopani 45301, Nepal
2015 Nepal earthquake
The village was affected by the earthquake on 25 April 2015. A joint coordination committee among all political parties in the three constituencies of the Sindhupalchok district was formed to carry out a rescue mission in the village. On 1 May, a Nepali Army rescue helicopter went 65 kilometres to Tatopani from Kathmandu to rescue 40 people.
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Tatopani, Bagmati Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA