Namche Bazaar
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | |
| native_name | नाम्चे बजार |
| settlement_type | Neighborhood |
| image_skyline | Namche Bazaar Nepal.jpg |
| image_caption | Namche Bazaar with Kongde Ri peak in the background. |
| nickname | The Sherpa capital |
| motto | |
| mapsize | 300 |
| map_caption | Namche (ward no. 5) is north-west village of Khumbu Pasanglhamu |
| pushpin_map | Nepal Province1#Nepal |
| pushpin_label_position | bottom |
| pushpin_mapsize | 300 |
| pushpin_map_caption | Location in Province No. 1 |
| pushpin_relief | |
| coordinates | |
| subdivision_type | Country |
| subdivision_name | Nepal |
| subdivision_type1 | Province |
| subdivision_type2 | District |
| subdivision_type3 | Rural Municipality |
| subdivision_name1 | Koshi Province |
| subdivision_name2 | Solukhumbu District |
| subdivision_name3 | Khumbu Pasanglhamu |
| established_title | |
| established_date | |
| leader_title1 | |
| unit_pref | |
| area_total_km2 | |
| elevation_footnotes | |
| elevation_m | 3,440 |
| population_total | |
| population_as_of | 2001 |
| population_density_km2 | auto |
| population_blank1_title | Ethnicities |
| postal_code_type | Postal code |
| postal_code | 56002 |
| area_code | 038 |
| footnotes | |
| timezone | NST |
| utc_offset | +5:45 |
| :: |
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Namche Bazaar (also Namche Bazar, Nemche Bazaar or Namche Baza; ) is a town (formally Namche Village Development Committee) in ward no 5 Khumbu Pasanglhamu Rural Municipality in Solukhumbu District of Koshi Province in northeastern Nepal. It is located within the Khumbu area at 3440 m at its low point, populating the sides of a hill. Most Sherpa in the tourism business hail from the Namche area. Namche is the main trading center and hub for the Khumbu region.
At the 2001 census, it had a population of 1,647 people living in 397 individual households.
Geography
Immediately west of Namche is Kongde Ri at 6187 m and to the east is Thamserku at 6623 m.
Transport
On a hill overlooking Namche Bazaar is the Syangboche Airport (3,750 m / 12,303 ft). It is no longer used for passenger flights, though Russian helicopters make occasional cargo flights. The nearest open airport is Tenzing–Hillary Airport, located 13 km south of the town.
Tourism
Namche Bazaar is popular with trekkers in the Khumbu region, especially for altitude acclimatization, and is the gateway to the high Himalaya. The town has a number of lodgings, stores and internet cafés catering to the needs of visitors. There are German bakeries, little cafes and many restaurants. There is also an Irish pub, said to be the highest and most remote Irish pub in the world. A popular local meal is yak steak.
On Saturday mornings, a weekly market is held in the centre of the town. There may also be a daily Tibet market where clothing and cheap Chinese consumer goods tend to be the main articles for sale.
Namche has electricity from the nearby Thame-Namche hydropower plant (600 kW), opened in October 1995 near Thame.
Climate
Namche has either a relatively cold dry-winter subtropical highland climate (Köppen climate classification Cwb) or an unusually mild dry-winter warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen climate classification Dwb), depending on if you use the 0 °C isotherm or the −3 °C isotherm. The town features pleasant, wet summers and chilly, dry winters mainly affected by its altitude and the summer monsoon season. The average precipitation is 1110 mm, and the average temperature is 6.1 °C.
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Pop culture references
"Namche Bazaar" is the name of a song by Nathan Rogers on his album The Gauntlet. The song was inspired by the mixing of culture along the silk road.
References
References
- Habib, Waquar. (2023-10-08). "Namche Bazaar In Nepal: A Hidden Gem For Avid Trekkers".
- "Nepal Census 2001". [[Digital Himalaya]].
- Owen Amos. (7 August 2020). "World's remotest Irish bar: 'We will survive Covid'".
- link. (2016-11-27 , Posch & Partner GmbH "Project period: 1985 - 1993")
- "Kleinwasserkraftwerk Thame - Namche Bazar im Sagarmatha Nationalpark".
- "Khumbu Bijuli Company".
- [http://www.ecohimal.org/fileadmin/user_upload/Energy%20from%20the%20top%20of%20the%20world.pdf Small Hydropower Plant Thame-Namche Bazar, Nepal] {{Webarchive. link. (2017-05-10 / Energy from the top of the world. Austrian Development Co-operation, ed. Dieter Rachbauer, Eco Himal, 2001)
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