Time zone NPT (UTC+5:45) Website ddctehrathum.gov.np Zone Kosi Zone | Area 679 km² | |
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Regions Eastern Development Region, Nepal, Limbuwan | ||
Terhathum District (Nepali: तेह्रथुम जिल्ला Listen ), a part of Province No. 1, is one of the seventy-five districts of Nepal. The district, with Myanglung as its district headquarters, covers an area of 679 km² and has a population (2001) of 113,111. The word Tehrathum is constructed from thirteen ("tehra") and "thum" (castle or fort). This can be spelled as Terathum, Tehrathum or Terhathum. The town supposedly is the site of one of a series of guard posts once protecting the territory of the Limbus (Limbuwan). Therathum is a word also used to mention Myanglung Bazar which has the district headquarters of Tehrathum. Myanglung is onomatopoeic for the sound of a cat meowing and refers to an old tradition of a Limbu temple (which remains today) in the town which had a resident cat. Myang means the cat voice and lung means stone.The stone still exists in Myanglung Bazaar at its gateway and is worshipped by the people entering bazaar.
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Map of Terhathum, Nepal
Usually, the climate of Terathum district is moderate.
Village development committees (VDCs) and Municipalities
Tehrathum comprises total 32 village development committees (VDCs) or local administrative divisions, with nine sub-divisions within each VDC called wards.