Dharan
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Dharan
धरान उपमहानगरपालिका | |
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 Evening view of Dharan sub metro city from height point of Bhedetar. | |
| Motto(s): "To build an environmentally sound city, functioning as the centre of education, health, tourism and business with fully developed infrastructure" | |
  Dharan Location of Dharan in Province No. 1  Dharan Dharan (Nepal) | |
| Coordinates: 26°49′0″N 87°17′0″E / 26.81667°N 87.28333°E | |
| Country |  Nepal |
| District | Sunsari |
| Wards | 20 |
| Settled | 1902 |
| Established | 1958 |
| Founded by | Subba Ratna Prasad Kayastha |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Mr. Tilak Rai (NC) |
| • Deputy Mayor | Mrs. Manju Bhandari (Subedi) (NCP) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 74.26 sq mi (192.32 km2) |
| • Water | 1.7 sq mi (4.4 km2) |
| Highest elevation (Near Bhedetar) | 5,833 ft (1,778 m) |
| Lowest elevation (at Tarahara) | 390 ft (119 m) |
| Population (2011) | |
| • Total | 141,439 |
| • Density | 1,901.9/sq mi (734.33/km2) |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Nepali |
| • Additional | English |
| Time zone | UTC+5:45 (NST) |
| Postal Code | 56700 (Sunsari), 56702 (Mangalbare) |
| Telephone code | 025 |
| Climate | Cwa |
| Website | www.dharan.gov.np dharan.gov.np/en |
Dharan (Devanāgarī: धरान) is a sub-metropolitan city in Sunsari District of Province No. 1, Nepal, which was established as a fourth municipality in the Kingdom in 1958. It is situated on the foothills of the Mahabharat Range in the north with its southern tip touching the edge of the Terai region at an altitude of 1148 ft (349m). The Koshi highway runs through the heart of the city thus connecting it with the provincial capital of Biratnagar as well as the Itahari junction of the east-west Mahendra highway (lying 41 kms and 17 kms south, respectively), and the Nepal-China border of Kimathanka (lying 115 kms north).
History
The foundation of modern Dharan was laid in 1902 by Prime Minister Chandra Shamsher. He founded a small village at the foot of the Bijayapur Hill and named it Chandranagar (now Purano Bajar). The purpose was to supply timber to the East Indian Company, which in 1890 expanded its northeastern territory and was laying railroad tracks.
The first government official to be appointed in this small village is Subba Ratna Prasad. The settlement steadily grew over time. This growing settlement was named Juddha Nagar (now Naya Bazaar) after Prime Minister Juddha Shamsher. It was declared an urban city in 1960.
Environment
A study conducted in 2016 to analyze the bacteriological quality of bottled drinking water and that of municipal tap water in Dharan found that one hundred percent of the tap water samples and 87.5% of the bottled water samples were contaminated with heterotrophic bacteria. Of the tap water samples, 55.3% were positive for total coliforms, compared with 25% of the bottled water, but no bottled water samples were positive for fecal coliforms and fecal streptococci, in contrast to 21.1% and 14.5% of the tap water samples being contaminated with fecal coliforms and fecal streptococci, respectively. One hundred percent of the tap water samples and 54.2% of the bottled water samples had pH in the acceptable range.[1]
Geography and climate
| Climate data for Dharan (1981-2010) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 31.0 (87.8) |
35.0 (95.0) |
37.8 (100.0) |
39.4 (102.9) |
39.1 (102.4) |
37.9 (100.2) |
39.4 (102.9) |
39.0 (102.2) |
38.3 (100.9) |
36.7 (98.1) |
35.0 (95.0) |
31.7 (89.1) |
39.4 (102.9) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 24.5 (76.1) |
26.4 (79.5) |
29.6 (85.3) |
30.5 (86.9) |
31.0 (87.8) |
31.5 (88.7) |
31.4 (88.5) |
31.9 (89.4) |
31.5 (88.7) |
30.9 (87.6) |
29.1 (84.4) |
26.1 (79.0) |
29.6 (85.3) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 12.1 (53.8) |
14.1 (57.4) |
17.7 (63.9) |
21.0 (69.8) |
23.0 (73.4) |
24.6 (76.3) |
25.1 (77.2) |
25.2 (77.4) |
24.6 (76.3) |
22.9 (73.2) |
18.6 (65.5) |
13.9 (57.0) |
20.4 (68.7) |
| Record low °C (°F) | 3.3 (37.9) |
2.8 (37.0) |
8.3 (46.9) |
13.2 (55.8) |
15.6 (60.1) |
19.3 (66.7) |
19.0 (66.2) |
19.4 (66.9) |
16.8 (62.2) |
14.4 (57.9) |
10.6 (51.1) |
4.4 (39.9) |
5.0 (41.0) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 12.1 (0.48) |
44.2 (1.74) |
229.3 (9.03) |
258.1 (10.16) |
460.7 (18.14) |
612.0 (24.09) |
503.2 (19.81) |
427.7 (16.84) |
366.5 (14.43) |
168.7 (6.64) |
33.3 (1.31) |
12.8 (0.50) |
3,128.6 (123.17) |
| Average rainy days | 1.0 | 3.9 | 8.5 | 12.6 | 16.2 | 21.5 | 22.5 | 19.3 | 15.5 | 7.7 | 2.4 | 0.6 | 131.6 |
| Source: Meteorological Department of Nepal (record high and low up to 2010)[2][3] | |||||||||||||
Media and communication
- Newspapers: The people of Dharan are served by several daily local newspapers and national newspapers. There are 11 local newspapers in total. These include The Blast Times and The Morning Times. National newspapers are also provided to the people of Dharan on a daily basis. National newspapers include The Kathmandu Post, Kantipur, Annapurna Post,[4][5] and Himalayan Times. Several monthly neighborhood papers serve the town.
- Radio: The state-owned Radio Nepal is broadcast on the medium wave on 648 kHz in the city. Five private local FM stations are available. They are Star FM - 95.6 MHz, Vijayapur FM - 98.8 MHz, Dantakali FM - 88.5 MHz, and Radio Dharan FM - 88.8 MHz. Radio Ganatantra FM 95.1 MHz is a community radio station. Likewise, Dharan has a BFBS Radio Relay station. It broadcasts on FM frequencies.
- Television: Nepal's state-owned television broadcaster, Nepal Television's relay station is present near its border, which provides two free-to-air terrestrial channels. A mix of Nepali, Hindi, English, and other international channels are accessible via cable subscription and direct-broadcast satellite services. Dharan Cable Network broadcasts Kriti Television Channel as a local television channel that covers events in the city.
Notable people
- Hari Nath Bastola, Politician
- Malina Joshi, Miss Nepal 2011
- Subin Limbu, Miss Nepal 2014
- Dhiraj Rai, Singer
- Deepak Limbu, Singer
- Sabin Rai, Singer
- Bhola Rijal, Doctor and lyricist
- Raju Kaji Shakya, Former captain of national football team
- Deep Shrestha, Singer and music composer
- Minendra Rijal, Politician & MP
- Govinda Subba, First governor of province no. 1 (Nepal)
- Malvika Subba, Miss Nepal 2002
- Namrata Shrestha, Actress
See also
References
- ^ Pant, Narayan Dutt; Poudyal, Nimesh; Bhattacharya, Shyamal Kumar (7 June 2016). "Bacteriological quality of bottled drinking water versus municipal tap water in Dharan municipality, Nepal". Journal of Health, Population, and Nutrition. 35 (1): 17. doi:10.1186/s41043-016-0054-0. ISSN 2072-1315. PMC 5025974. PMID 27267213.
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- ^ "Ever recorded maximum and minimum temperatures up to 2010" (PDF). India Meteorological Department. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 May 2013. Retrieved 27 April 2015.
- ^ "HugeDomains.com - Clickdharan.com is for sale (Clickdharan)". www.clickdharan.com. Retrieved 8 September 2018.
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