# Khumbu Pasanglhamu Municipality, Solukhumbu District

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Municipality · Solukhumbu District 

# Khumbu Pasanglhamu

Khumbu Pasanglhamu is a local level (municipality or rural municipality) of Nepal in Solukhumbu District, Koshi Province. It covers **1,536.7 km²**. 303 named villages and localities are recorded here, and 672 mapped services such as hospitals, banks and schools.

- 1,537km²
- 672mapped services
- 4,221 mtypical elevation

## Where is Khumbu Pasanglhamu?

Khumbu Pasanglhamu lies in [Solukhumbu District](https://wherepedia.org/nepal/koshi/solukhumbu/), [Koshi Province](https://wherepedia.org/nepal/koshi/), [Nepal](https://wherepedia.org/nepal/). It borders 7 other municipalities: [Gaurishankar](https://wherepedia.org/nepal/bagmati/dolakha/gaurishankar/), [Mahakulung](https://wherepedia.org/nepal/koshi/solukhumbu/mahakulung/), [Makalu](https://wherepedia.org/nepal/koshi/sankhuwasabha/makalu/), [Mapya Dudhkoshi](https://wherepedia.org/nepal/koshi/solukhumbu/mapya-dudhkoshi/), [Solu Dhudhakunda](https://wherepedia.org/nepal/koshi/solukhumbu/solu-dhudhakunda/), [Sotang](https://wherepedia.org/nepal/koshi/solukhumbu/sotang/) and [Umakunda](https://wherepedia.org/nepal/bagmati/ramechhap/umakunda/). By area it is the 7th largest of 775 municipalities in Nepal. It covers 45.8% of [Solukhumbu District](https://wherepedia.org/nepal/koshi/solukhumbu/). The centre of Khumbu Pasanglhamu is about 138 km in a straight line from Kathmandu, the capital. The centre point is at 27.8425° N, 86.7182° E.

Source: [Survey Department of Nepal (http://ngiip.gov.np/index.php), UN Resident Coordinators Office in Nepal (https://un.org.np/) via OCHA HDX, administrative boundaries (COD-AB, CC BY-IGO)](https://data.humdata.org/dataset/cod-ab-npl).

## Villages and localities in Khumbu Pasanglhamu

Open gazetteers list **303 villages, towns and localities** in Khumbu Pasanglhamu. The largest with a recorded population: Lobuche (8,767), Namche Bazaar (2,324) and Lukla (230). Settlements here lie between about 2,002 m and 8,026 m above sea level (median 4,221 m).

- Abi
- Ambulapcha La
- Amphu Gyabjen
- Angole
- Apsana
- Bengkar
- Benkar
- Beṅkar
- Bhalukhop
- Bom
- Bupsa
- Chaserwa
- Chaturje
- Chaurikharka
- Chauri̇̄kharka
- Cheplung
- Chhamtyang
- Chhamuwa
- Chharchung
- Chhatyang Goth
- Chhedang
- Chheplung
- Chhepluṅ
- Chhermading
- Chheubas
- Chhudungbo
- Chhuduṅbo
- Chhugima Goth
- Chhule
- Chhulung Marsaang
- Chhuluṅ Marsāṅ
- Chhum
- Chhuma
- Chhuphu
- Chhuserma
- Chhuthawa
- Chipcho
- Cho Oyu
- Chola
- Chole
- Cholunche
- Chubejun Goth
- Chukhun
- Chukhung
- Chulung Marsang
- Chumoa
- Chure
- Churo
- Chyajung Thak
- Chyakurwa Goth
- Dangkuru
- Deboche
- Deuche
- Dhole
- Dhusum
- Dinboche
- Dingboche
- Dingjung
- Diware
- Diṅboche
- Diṅjuṅ
- Dole
- Dragnag
- Dukdingma
- Dusa
- Dzonglha
- Gauteya
- Ghat
- Glyeng Kyaba Goth
- Gokpuche Goth
- Gokyo
- Gomo
- Gorak Shep
- Goraksep
- Gumbadanda
- Gumbāḍā̃ḍā
- Gumela
- Gyachungkhang
- Hauche
- Henjola
- Hilajung
- Hilājuṅ
- Hungchhi
- Hungmo
- Hungoko Thak
- Hāuche
- Jamdan
- Jamdanma Goth
- Jampur Goth
- Jaro
- Jasemba Goth
- Jaubari
- Jignan Goth
- Jorsale
- Jorsalle
- Kalapathar
- Kamthuwa
- Kanchung
- Kanre
- Kapsale
- Karanāsā
- Kare
- Karnasa
- Kawade
- Kele
- Khajung Dharmashala
- Kharikhola
- Kharki Teng
- Kharte
- Kholema
- Khumbu Pasang Lhamu
- Khumjung
- Khumjung Chamga
- Khumjuṅ
- Khunde
- Khure Goth
- Khusum
- Kisabu
- Kohanar
- Konma La
- Kothe
- Kyangjuma
- Kyoba
- Kyubo Goth
- Kā̃re
- Laje
- Lamsumna Goth
- Langden
- Langmuche
- Langmuche Kol
- Lapharma Goth
- Larja Dobhan
- Lawi Schyasa
- Laṅden
- Lhanbo
- Litho Goth
- Lndak
- Lobuche
- Lopharma
- Luja
- Lukla
- Lunak Dharmashala
- Lungdhen
- Lusiyasa
- Luza
- Lātho Goṭh
- Lāṅmuche
- Macchermo
- Machherma
- Makyo
- Manjo
- Marlung
- Marluṅ
- Marulung
- Mende
- Mikiyun Goth
- Milingo
- Millingo
- Minbo
- Mingmo
- Miṅbo
- Miṅmo
- Monjo
- Muse
- Nachipan
- Nachipang
- Nakchun
- Nakchung
- Namche Bazaar
- Nanjajun
- Nanma
- Nha
- Nimagawa Goth
- Nire La
- Numbur
- Nup La
- Nurning
- Nurning Ghat
- Nurniṅ
- Nākchuṅ
- Omaka
- Orse
- Orso
- Paiya
- Pakhepani
- Pamalka
- Panboche
- Pangboche
- Pangbuk
- Pangbuk Goth
- Panggom
- Pangom
- Pangu
- Paniyo Tapa
- Parchemuche
- Pare
- Pasang Lhamu Chuli
- Phakding
- Phang
- Phari Lapche
- Pheriche
- Phorche
- Phorchethak
- Phortse
- Phortse Tenga
- Phulankarpo
- Phuletate
- Phunki Thanga
- Phurte
- Phusar Goth
- Phākdiṅ
- Phāṅ
- Pipre Goth
- Plaun Goth
- Pokalde
- Pāṅboche
- Raaungsiyar
- Raia Goth
- Renja Pass
- Rongdingma
- Rālā Goṭh
- Samde
- Samshing
- Samsing
- Sanasa
- Sano Gumela
- Selawa
- Sengjya
- Sengma
- Seṅmā
- Shomare
- Sikali
- Singkorab
- Somseton Goth
- Somsobuk
- Soso Goth
- Sumna
- Surke
- Syalja Goth
- Syangboche
- Syanjma
- Sylkyo
- Syojap
- Syomare
- Syālkyo
- Sāmde
- Sāmsiṅ
- Tabuche Goth
- Tangwa Goth
- Tarangar
- Tarngga
- Tartikha
- Tashinga
- Tate
- Tawa
- Tengboche
- Tengdingbo Goth
- Teningbot
- Tesing
- Tesiṅ
- Thado Koshigaun
- Thadokosi
- Thagnak Goth
- Thakri Gompa
- Thame
- Thametang
- Thamo
- Thamtang
- Thamte
- Thamu
- Thangnak
- Thare
- Tharim
- Thesiyo
- Theso
- Thokchambo
- Thokla
- Thoklā
- Thonak
- Thonak So So
- Thore
- Thukla
- Thulang
- Thulo Gumela
- Thulāṅ
- Thumla Goth
- Thyanboche
- Thyangbo
- Thyangmoche
- Thyāṅbo
- Thyāṅboche
- Thyāṅmoche
- Thāme
- Thāmtāṅ
- Toc Toc
- Totok
- Tārṅgā
- Yaren
- Yasa Thak
- Zamphuti
- Ḍole
- Ḍukdiṅmā
- Ṭokṭok

Source: [GeoNames (CC BY 4.0) — settlements, natural and historic features](https://www.geonames.org/); [© OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), Geofabrik extract — named settlements](https://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright).

## Landscape and landmarks of Khumbu Pasanglhamu

Named natural and historic features inside Khumbu Pasanglhamu, from the GeoNames gazetteer.

### Water

41 rivers and streams; 21 lakes.

- Bhoṭekoshi̇̄ Nadi̇̄
- Chhepluṅ Kholā
- Chhubuṅ Kholā
- Chhuduṅbo Kholā
- Chhujuṅmā Kholā
- Chhuluṅ Marsāṅ Ṭheṅgā Kholā
- Chhusermā Kholā
- Chokarmā Cho
- Cholo Kholā
- Choluṅche Kholā
- Cholā Cho
- Diwanāre Cho
- Dudh Pokhari̇̄
- Dusum Kholā
- Gokyo
- Gorāksep Cho
- Homi̇̄ Cho
- Hāḍi Kholā
- Kamsyāwā Kholā
- Kiruṅ Cho
- Kohanar Kholā
- Kusumlaṅgā Kholā
- Kyāsar Kholā
- Kā̃re Kholā

…and 38 more.

### Coast and islands

1 headland.

- Lhotse Face

### Hills and mountains

37 glaciers; 25 peaks; 17 mountains; 4 mountain passes; 3 valleys.

- Lhotse · 8,427 m
- Ngozumpa Kang I · 7,859 m
- Nuptse · 7,800 m
- Ngozumpa Kang II · 7,694 m
- Western Cwm · 7,514 m
- Chumbu · 6,825 m
- Lumdiṅ Glacier · 6,790 m
- Pāniyo Tāpā · 6,737 m
- Kangtega · 6,728 m
- Pāsāṅ Lhāmu Chuli̇̄ · 6,679 m
- Thyāṅbo Glacier · 6,667 m
- Ama Dablan · 6,654 m
- Lhotse Glacier · 6,613 m
- Lhotse Shār Glacier · 6,546 m
- Lāṅmuche Glacier · 6,485 m
- Ṅo Jumbā Glacier · 6,398 m
- Yāsā Thāk · 6,397 m
- Lhotse Nup Glacier · 6,388 m
- Īmjā Glacier · 6,286 m
- Malāṅphulāṅ · 6,264 m
- Thyāṅmoche · 6,264 m
- Rauṅsiyār · 6,163 m
- Chukhuṅ · 6,161 m
- Ḍejuṅkhoṅ Himāl · 6,151 m

…and 62 more.

### Forests and nature

1 park.

- Sagarmatha National Park

### Getting around

1 airport; 1 airfield.

- Syangboche Airport
- Tenzing-Hillary Airport

Source: [GeoNames (CC BY 4.0) — settlements, natural and historic features](https://www.geonames.org/).

Places of worship are not listed. Elevations are from the GeoNames terrain model and are approximate.

## Weather in Khumbu Pasanglhamu and the best time to visit

Using the climate of Solukhumbu District, the warmest month is Jul (average 3 °C) and the coolest is Jan (-10 °C), after allowing for this place being about 1,838 m higher than the climate reference point (about 6.5 °C per 1,000 m). About 819 mm of rain falls in a year; the wettest month is Jul (219 mm) and the driest Nov (2 mm). No month is both mild and dry, so plan around the rains.

- Jan
- Feb
- Mar
- Apr
- May
- Jun
- Jul
- Aug
- Sep
- Oct
- Nov
- Dec

Month Average °C Rain mm 

Jan -10 6 

Feb -9 10 

Mar -5 17 

Apr -2 32 

May 1 80 

Jun 3 118 

Jul 3 219 

Aug 3 176 

Sep 2 124 

Oct -2 33 

Nov -6 2 

Dec -9 3 

Source: [NASA POWER climatology, retrieved 2026-10-29](https://power.larc.nasa.gov/).

## Nearest hospital, bank and fuel from Khumbu Pasanglhamu

Need Nearest mapped Distance 

Hospital Hillary Hospital · Khumbu Pasanglhamu 2.5 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=27.82379&mlon=86.70467#map=17/27.82379/86.70467) 

Bank Kumari Bank · Khumbu Pasanglhamu 4.3 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=27.80396&mlon=86.71125#map=17/27.80396/86.71125) 

ATM Nabil ATM · Khumbu Pasanglhamu 4.3 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=27.80441&mlon=86.71050#map=17/27.80441/86.71050) 

Petrol pump Dudhkoshi Oil Stores · Solu Dhudhakunda 40 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=27.50578&mlon=86.58504#map=17/27.50578/86.58504) 

Hotel Hotel Sewa & Shopping Center · Khumbu Pasanglhamu 1.7 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=27.83916&mlon=86.73546#map=17/27.83916/86.73546) 

School Khumjung Secondary School · Khumbu Pasanglhamu 2.4 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=27.82075&mlon=86.71621#map=17/27.82075/86.71621) 

Police station Sargamatha National Park Entry · Khumbu Pasanglhamu 4.8 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=27.79970&mlon=86.71068#map=17/27.79970/86.71068) 

Source: [Overture Maps places (CDLA-Permissive-2.0) and © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)](https://overturemaps.org/).

Straight-line distance from the centre of the division, within 40 km.

## Hospitals, banks and other services in Khumbu Pasanglhamu

Places mapped inside Khumbu Pasanglhamu in open map data, by type — each number opens the full list with locations.

- Hospitals9
- Banks4
- ATMs3
- Hotels572
- Schools5
- Pharmacies2
- Restaurants75
- Police stations2

Source: [Overture Maps places (CDLA-Permissive-2.0) and © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)](https://overturemaps.org/).

Coverage depends on what has been mapped; contact details are not shown.

## Other municipalities in Solukhumbu District

- Likhu Pike
- Mahakulung
- Mapya Dudhkoshi
- Necha Salyan
- Solu Dhudhakunda
- Sotang
- Thulung Dudhkoshi

## Quick answers

- Where is Khumbu Pasanglhamu?In Solukhumbu District, Koshi Province, Nepal
- What borders Khumbu Pasanglhamu?Gaurishankar, Mahakulung, Makalu, Mapya Dudhkoshi, Solu Dhudhakunda, Sotang and Umakunda
- How many villages are in Khumbu Pasanglhamu?303 named settlements (GeoNames, OpenStreetMap)
- What is the elevation of Khumbu Pasanglhamu?Settlements lie between 2,002 m and 8,026 m
- What is the highest point in Khumbu Pasanglhamu?Lhotse (8,427 m, GeoNames elevation model)
- Where is the nearest hospital to Khumbu Pasanglhamu?Hillary Hospital, about 2.5 km from the centre
- Where is the nearest bank to Khumbu Pasanglhamu?Kumari Bank, about 4.3 km from the centre
- Where is the nearest ATM to Khumbu Pasanglhamu?Nabil ATM, about 4.3 km from the centre
- Where is the nearest petrol pump to Khumbu Pasanglhamu?Dudhkoshi Oil Stores, about 40 km from the centre
- How many hospitals are in Khumbu Pasanglhamu?9 mapped
- How many banks are in Khumbu Pasanglhamu?4 mapped
- How many ATMs are in Khumbu Pasanglhamu?3 mapped
- What is the P-code of Khumbu Pasanglhamu?NP0111401 (OCHA common operational dataset)