Jumla District

Jumla district, a part of Karnali zone, is one of the seventy-five districts of Nepal, a landlocked country of South Asia. The district, with Jumla as its district headquarters, covers an area of 2,531 sq km and has a population (2001) of 89,427.

Jumla, on the banks of the Tila River at 2370 meters, is one of the highest rice growing areas in the world. The Tila Valley as well as the Sinja Khola Valley are covered with paddy fields growing the 'Kala Marci' rice variety, a local land race with unique red rice and is more tasty than white rice.

The origin of Nepali language is Sinja of Jumla. Therefore, the Nepali dialect "Khas Bhasa" is still spoken among the people in this region. Jumla is a zonal headquarter of the Karnali zone, but still untouched by the national road network, thus it is connected with the outside only through STOL air facilities.

See also

• Zones of Nepal

Reference

• "Districts of Nepal". Statoids.