Tatopani, Bagmati

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Tatopani
तातोपानी
Village development committee
Tatopani is located in Nepal
Tatopani
Tatopani
Location in Nepal
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Country    Nepal
Zone Bagmati Zone
District Sindhupalchok District
Population (1991)
 • Total 3,102
 • Religions Buddhist
Time zone Nepal Time (UTC+5:45)

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.[1]

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.[2] On 1 May, a Nepali Army rescue helicopter went 65 kilometres to Tatopani from Kathmandu to rescue 40 people.[3]

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