Nepalganj
Nepal
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- Nepalgunj
Nepalganj, town, southwestern Nepal. It is situated in the Tarai, a low, fertile plain northeast of Nanpara, India. Nepalganj, located 4 miles (6 km) from a railway terminus across the border in India, is a trading centre for rice, wheat, corn (maize), oilseeds, and hides produced in the surrounding area. It has road connections to villages to the west and to a nearby airfield and is the terminus of a trail leading north to the Tibet Autonomous Region of China. Nepalganj has a hospital. Pop. (2001) 57,535; (2011) 73,779.