Khumjung
Khumjung (Nepali: खुम्जुंग) is a village in Khumbu Pasanglhamu rural municipality of Solukhumbu District in Province No. 1 of north-eastern Nepal. It is located in the Khumbu subregion inside Sagarmatha National Park, a world heritage site. The village is at an elevation of 3,790 metres above sea level, and is situated near Mount Khumbila.
Khumjung खुम्जुङ | |
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The mountain Khumbila above the villages Khumjung and Kunde. In the background you can see Mount Everest, Lhotse and Ama Dablam | |
Khumjung Location in Province Khumjung Khumjung (Nepal) | |
| Coordinates: 27°49′N 86°43′E / 27.817°N 86.717°ECoordinates: 27°49′N 86°43′E / 27.817°N 86.717°E | |
| Country | Nepal |
| Province | Province No. 1 |
| District | Solukhumbu |
| Rural Municipality | Khumbu Pasanglhamu |
| Located at | ward no. 4 |
| Elevation | 3,790 m (12,430 ft) |
| Population (2011) | |
| • Total | 1,912 |
| Time zone | UTC+5:45 (Nepal Time) |
| Area code | 038 |
A monastery in Khumjung has a purported Yeti scalp. This village has modern communications such as the internet and mobile and landline phones.
The village is the seat of ward no. 4, which include Kunde, Khumjung, Tengboche (Tyangboche), Pangboche, Pheriche, Dole, Chharchung, Machhermo, Lobuche, Dingboche, and Gokyo. As of 2011, it had a population of 1912 people living in 551 individual households.[1]
Khumjung school was built by Sir Edmund Hillary's Himalayan Trust in 1961. The school began as two classrooms but now caters for pre-school, primary and secondary sections with over 350 students.[2]
History
Khumjung was a separate Village development committee in Solukhumbu District of Sagarmatha Zone of EDR in Nepal during Kingdom of Nepal. With new administrative structure on 10 March 2017, it became part of Khumbu Pasanglhamu rural municipality.
Climate
| Climate data for Khumjung 3790m asl, 2010-2020 | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 20.3 (68.5) | 24.5 (76.1) | 28.8 (83.8) | 32.0 (89.6) | 30.9 (87.6) | 32.0 (89.6) | 28.8 (83.8) | 28.8 (83.8) | 28.8 (83.8) | 26.7 (80.1) | 23.5 (74.3) | 21.3 (70.3) | 32.0 (89.6) |
| Average high °C (°F) | 14.8 (58.6) | 18.1 (64.6) | 22.1 (71.8) | 25.5 (77.9) | 26.3 (79.3) | 26.4 (79.5) | 24.8 (76.6) | 25.1 (77.2) | 24.2 (75.6) | 22.0 (71.6) | 19.0 (66.2) | 16.1 (61.0) | 22.0 (71.7) |
| Average low °C (°F) | 2.5 (36.5) | 5.1 (41.2) | 8.8 (47.8) | 12.4 (54.3) | 14.3 (57.7) | 16.5 (61.7) | 17.1 (62.8) | 16.4 (61.5) | 14.5 (58.1) | 10.4 (50.7) | 6.6 (43.9) | 4.1 (39.4) | 10.7 (51.3) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −5.3 (22.5) | −2.1 (28.2) | 0.0 (32.0) | 6.4 (43.5) | 7.5 (45.5) | 11.7 (53.1) | 12.8 (55.0) | 11.7 (53.1) | 9.6 (49.3) | 4.3 (39.7) | 1.1 (34.0) | −4.2 (24.4) | −5.3 (22.5) |
| Average rainfall mm (inches) | 14.9 (0.59) | 31.8 (1.25) | 59.2 (2.33) | 146.3 (5.76) | 304.5 (11.99) | 496.5 (19.55) | 863.3 (33.99) | 683.4 (26.91) | 447.5 (17.62) | 124.4 (4.90) | 17.8 (0.70) | 10.1 (0.40) | 3,199.7 (125.99) |
| Average rainy days (≥ 1.0 mm) | 3.4 | 4.3 | 8.2 | 15.3 | 26.2 | 30.0 | 31.0 | 31.0 | 29.6 | 19.5 | 5.6 | 2.8 | 206.9 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 49.3 | 45.2 | 40.8 | 45.2 | 63.5 | 82.1 | 94.8 | 94.0 | 92.0 | 79.1 | 68.1 | 56.7 | 67.6 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 279.0 | 255.4 | 378.5 | 405.9 | 429.7 | 410.7 | 393.1 | 392.8 | 360.6 | 329.8 | 274.8 | 284.0 | 4,194.3 |
| Source: tck[3] | |||||||||||||
Galleries
- Khumjung village
Khumjung village and Mount Khumbila
Khumjung village
- VDC Khumjung - Villages and hamlets
Phakding
Jorsale
Dhole
Machhermo
Thangna
Chhukung
Deboche
Tengboche
References
- ^ . Village Development Committee/Municipality. Government of Nepal. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2008-10-12. Retrieved 2018-05-18.
- ^ Ryōhei Uchida (1991), Trekking Mount Everest, San Francisco Chronicle Books, ISBN 978-0-87701-884-1 page 51
- ^ "Khumjung 2010-2020 averages". tck. Retrieved 16 February 2022.
External links
- UN map of the municipalities of Solukhumbu District