Diktel

Diktel
Diktel
—  Municipality  —
Diktel, Nepal
Diktel is located in Nepal
Diktel
Location in Nepal
Coordinates: 27°12′50″N 86°47′52″E / 27.21389°N 86.79778°E / 27.21389; 86.79778Coordinates: 27°12′50″N 86°47′52″E / 27.21389°N 86.79778°E / 27.21389; 86.79778
Country  Nepal
Zone Sagarmatha Zone
District Khotang District
Elevation 1,530 m (5,020 ft)
Population (1991)
 – Total 7,324
Time zone Nepal Time (UTC+5:45)

Diktel is the headquarters of Khotang District, a part of Sagarmatha Zone, Nepal. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census it had a population of 7,324 persons residing in 1,433 individual households.[1]

The town is located at 27°12′50″N 86°47′52″E / 27.21389°N 86.79778°E / 27.21389; 86.79778 and has an altitude of 1,530 metres (5,020 ft). It contains a notable jail.[2] During the Civil War the town was attacked by hundreds of Maoists rebels who also broke into Diktel jail and freed inmates[3]

References

  1. ^ "Nepal Census 2001". Nepal's Village Development Committees. Digital Himalaya. http://www.digitalhimalaya.com/collections/nepalcensus/form.php?selection=1. Retrieved 2008-09-30. 
  2. ^ Asia Watch Committee (U.S.) (September 1989). Human rights violations in Nepal. Human Rights Watch. pp. 83–86. ISBN 9780929692319. http://books.google.com/books?id=CnTFLXce3toC&pg=PA83. Retrieved 4 January 2011. 
  3. ^ Five killed in Nepal rebel attack - BBC News

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