Mustang District

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Mustang
मुस्ताङ जिल्ला
སྨོནཋང
District
Location of Mustang
Location of Mustang
Country Nepal
Region Western (Pashchimanchal)
Zone Dhaulagiri
Area
 • Total 3,573 km2 (1,380 sq mi)
Population (2011)
 • Total 13,452
 • Density 3.8/km2 (9.8/sq mi)
Time zone NPT (UTC+5:45)
Tetang terraced fields, Lower Mustang
Kagbeni village of Mustang, Nepal 1999

Mustang District (Nepali: मुस्ताङ जिल्ला<phonos file="Mustang district.ogg">Listen</phonos>), a part of Dhaulagiri Zone, is one of the seventy-five districts of Nepal, a landlocked country of South Asia. The district, with Jomsom as its headquarters, covers an area of 3,573 km² and has a population (2011) of 13,452.[1]

The district straddles the Himalayas and extends northward onto the Tibetan plateau. Upper Mustang, the former Lo Kingdom comprises the northern two-thirds of the district. This kingdom was a dependency of the Kingdom of Nepal but was abolished by the republican Government of Nepal on October 7, 2008.

In addition to trekking routes through the Lo Kingdom ("Upper Mustang") and along the Annapurna Circuit in lower Mustang, the district is famous for the springs and village of Muktinath (a popular Hindu and Buddhist pilgrimage site), apples, and Marpha brandy. Mustang was a lost kingdom of Tibet where traditions may remain more Tibetan than in Tibet proper following its annexation by China.

Map of the VDCs in Mustang District

Geography and Climate

Climate Zone[2] Elevation Range  % of Area
Temperate 2,000 to 3,000 meters
6,400 to 9,800 ft.
4.0%
Subalpine 3,000 to 4,000 meters
9,800 to 13,100 ft.
4.7%
Alpine 4,000 to 5,000 meters
13,100 to 16,400 ft.
2.7%
Nival above 5,000 meters 8.8%
Trans-Himalayan[3]

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3,000 to 6,400 meters
9,800 to 21,000 ft.
79.8%

Village Development Committees (VDCs)

Mustang has a semi-arid climate
A village in Mustang District

See also

References

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