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Bigu Rural Municipality

Coordinates: 27°50′N 86°04′E / 27.84°N 86.06°E / 27.84; 86.06
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For the Daoist fasting technique, see Bigu (avoiding grains). For the village in Iran, see Bigu, Iran.
Bigu
बिगु
Gaupalika
Bigu is located in Nepal
Bigu
Bigu
Location in Nepal
Coordinates: 27°50′N 86°04′E / 27.84°N 86.06°E / 27.84; 86.06
Country   Nepal
ProvinceBagmati Pradesh
DistrictDolakha District
Population
 (1991)
 • Total1,736
Time zoneUTC+5:45 (Nepal Time)

Bigu is a former village development committee that is now a Rural Municipality in Dolakha District in Bagmati Pradesh of north-eastern Nepal. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census it had a population of 1736 people living in 361 individual households.[1]

The village is home to a Monastery and a Nunnery who follow Tibetan Buddhism.

The epicenter of the May 2015 Nepal earthquake was located in Bigu.

References

  1. ^ "Nepal Census 2001", Nepal's Village Development Committees, Digital Himalaya, archived from the original on October 12, 2008, retrieved 15 November 2009.
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