Dolpa District

Headquarter of Dolpa 

Dolpa District  is one of the five districts of the Karnali Zone in Nepal - a landlocked country of South Asia. The district, with Dunai as its district headquarters, covers an area of 7,889 km² (3,046 sq mi) and has a population (2011) of 36,700.Dolpa is the largest district of Nepal covering 5.36% of the total landmass of the country.

A large portion of the district is protected by Shey Phoksundo National Park. The name is derived from the 12th century Shey Monastery and the deepest lake in Nepal, the Phoksundo Lake, both of which lie in the district.                    
 The park protects endangered animals like the snow leopard, musk deer and the Tibetan wolf. Shey Phoksundo is the largest and the only trans-Himalayan National Park in Nepal.The district distances an altitudinal range of over 5,000 m (16,000 ft) from a little over 1,500 m (4,900 ft) at Tribeni in Kalika VDC to 7,381 m (24,216 ft) meters at the peak of Churen Himal. Kanjiroba (6,221 m (20,410 ft)), Mukot (6,638 m (21,778 ft)) and Putha Hiunchuli (7,246 m (23,773 ft)) are other renowned peaks.We can enjoy with beautiful environment of  Shey Phoksundo National Park.Also we can saw many mountains like a knjiroba,mukot, putha etc.Dolpa district is a labyrinth of often wide glacial valleys and ridges. Kanjiroba Himal and Kagmara Lekh running northwest to southeast separate the valleys of the Jagdula in the west from the rest of the district.
  Most of the people are Hindu (60%) or Buddhist (40%). 5.05% belong to the ancient Bonpo religion. Dolpa's major occupations are agriculture (79.5%) and service (2%).

Towns and villages of DOLPA

Bhijer	Chharka
Dho	Dunai
Pahada	Jufal
Kaigaun	Kalika
khadang	Lawan
Likhu	Majhfal
Mukot	Narku
Phoksundo	Raha
Rimi	Sahartara
Saldang	Sarmie
Sunhoo	Tinje
Tripurakot