Terhathum District

Infobox Nepal district
district = Terhathum District
area = 679 km²
population = 113,111
pop_year = 2001
density =
caption = Location of Terhathum District within Nepal
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Terhathum District (तेह्रथुम), a part of Kosi Zone, 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 Hindu temple (still extant) in the town which had a resident cat. The "myang" means cat and "lung" means stone in Limbu (Kirat) language. The story is that the cat (myang) in ancient time, pawed the stone (lung) in anger. The stone still exists in Myanglung Bazaar at it's gateway and is worshipped by the people entering bazaar.

Tehrathum comprises total 32 village development committees (VDC)s or local administrative divisions with 9 sub-divisions within each VDCs called wards. The VDCs are:

# Jirikhimti (जिरिखिम्ति )
# Myanglung (म्याङलुङ )
# Saabla (सावला )
# Tamfula (तम्फुला)
# Ambung (आबुङ)
# Piple (पिप्ले )
# Solma (सोल्मा )
# Sungnaam (सुङनाम)
# Basantapur (बसन्तपुर )
# Dagpa (दाङपा)
# Fulek (फुलेक )
# Sudap (सुदाप)
# Angdim (आङदिम)
# Hamarjung(हमरजुङ)
# Okhre (ओख्रे )
# Panchakanyaapokhari (पञ्चकन्यापोखरी)
# Jaljale (जलजले)
# Oyakjung (ओयाक्जुङ )
# Simle (सिम्ले )
# Chuhandaadaa (चुहानडाँडा)
# Sankrantibazar (संक्रान्तिवजार )
# Thoklung (थोक्लुङ )
# Chhatedhunga (छातेढुङ्गा )
# Hwaku (हृवाकु)
# Iwa (इवा )
# Ishibu (इसाबु )
# Khaamlalung (खम्लालुङ )
# Samdu (सम्दु)
# Morahang (मोराहाङ)
# Pauthaak (पौथाक)
# Shreejung (श्रीजुङ्ग)
# Fakchamaaraa (फाक्चामारा)

ee also

*Zones of Nepal

References

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External links

* [http://ne.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%A5%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%AE Terhathum - तेह्रथुम]
* [http://www.terhathum.com.np/ Tehrathum website under construction]