# Phaktanlung Municipality, Taplejung District, Koshi Province

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Municipality · Taplejung District 

# Phaktanlung

Phaktanlung is a local level (municipality or rural municipality) of Nepal in Taplejung District, Koshi Province. It covers **1,852.1 km²**. 202 named villages and localities are recorded here, and 12 mapped services such as hospitals, banks and schools.

- 1,852km²
- 12mapped services
- 1,961 mtypical elevation

## Where is Phaktanlung?

Phaktanlung lies in [Taplejung District](https://wherepedia.org/nepal/koshi/taplejung/), [Koshi Province](https://wherepedia.org/nepal/koshi/), [Nepal](https://wherepedia.org/nepal/). It borders 4 other municipalities: [Bhotkhola](https://wherepedia.org/nepal/koshi/sankhuwasabha/bhotkhola/), [Mikwakhola](https://wherepedia.org/nepal/koshi/taplejung/mikwakhola/), [Phungling](https://wherepedia.org/nepal/koshi/taplejung/phungling/) and [Sirijanga](https://wherepedia.org/nepal/koshi/taplejung/sirijanga/). By area it is the 5th largest of 775 municipalities in Nepal. It covers 51.0% of [Taplejung District](https://wherepedia.org/nepal/koshi/taplejung/). The centre of Phaktanlung is about 255 km in a straight line from Kathmandu, the capital. The centre point is at 27.6793° N, 87.9132° 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 Phaktanlung

Open gazetteers list **202 villages, towns and localities** in Phaktanlung. Settlements here lie between about 948 m and 7,187 m above sea level (median 1,961 m).

- Ahale
- Amjilosa
- Amjilosa / Amjilesah
- Anbebung
- Banje
- Batase
- Betangu
- Bhirkuna
- Bhotegau
- Bhotegaun
- Bhoṭegāũ
- Bipudhap
- Bā̃je
- Chawakhu
- Chhija
- Chhiruwa
- Chirwa
- Dibun
- Dibung
- Dibuṅ
- Dokane
- Domekhang
- Ghaiyabaree
- Ghaiyābāri̇̄
- Ghangjen Sara
- Ghontau
- Ghunsa
- Ghunsā
- Gimmigela
- Gowatar
- Gowater
- Gyabla
- Hangboreng
- Hellok
- Hāṅboruṅ
- Ikhabu
- Inladauda
- Inlagaun
- Jaritar
- Jhingsang La
- Jongim
- Jongin
- Kamphilan
- Kamphilang
- Kasturee
- Kasturī
- Kellok
- Kelok
- Khangpachen
- Khani
- Kheban
- Khebang
- Khebāṅ
- Kheden
- Khejenim
- Khupatal
- Khāṅpāchen
- Kichungma
- Kichuṅmā
- Kirat Chuli (Tent Peak)
- Kisongma
- Kisoṅmā
- Lalep
- Langchung Khang
- Langgurjen
- Langluwa
- Langyo
- Lapsang
- Lapsetar
- Lawajen
- Lelep
- Lepchung
- Lepchuṅ
- Lhonak
- Lingkhim
- Linkhim
- Liṅkhim
- Lowagaun
- Lowāgāū
- Lukthuk
- Luṅthuṅ
- Lyakep
- Lāṅluwā
- Lūnak
- Madibun
- Madibung
- Malbanse
- Malbase
- Mamangkhe
- Mamasik
- Manabhara
- Margen
- Maskeden
- Mauma
- Migran
- Muktura
- Mādibuṅ
- Mālbā̃se
- Māmāṅkhe
- Nagadin
- Nakla
- Nepal Gyap
- Nepal Peak
- Nomlok
- Nublung
- Nubluṅ
- Nup
- Nupchu Peak
- Olangchunggola
- Olāṅchuṅgolā
- Pabuktar
- Panakhe
- Pangpema
- Parewakhim
- Pathibhara Khas (Pyramid Peak)
- Pawa
- Penjithangga
- Phaktanglung
- Phale
- Phembu
- Phirin
- Pinena
- Pithun
- Ramchaur
- Ramche
- Ramdang
- Ramdāṅ
- Ranipul
- Rest Camp
- Sagu
- Saitisa
- Sakethun
- Samdin
- Samling
- Sano Loden
- Sapchungwa
- Sapothong
- Sapretar
- Sawadin
- Sawandin
- Seguwa
- Sekathum
- Sekāthum
- Senup
- Serap
- Setuwa
- Sibu
- Sigodauda
- Sigoḍā̃ḍā
- Sigu
- Sirise
- Sisima
- Siwan
- Siwā̃
- Solima
- Sukepānī
- Sungsabu
- Sunsabu
- Suṅsābu
- Syajungma
- Syājuṅmā
- Sāmliṅ
- Sāpchuṅwā
- Sāwā̃din
- Sā̃gu
- Taklumba
- Tamewa
- Tangga (Sarphu)
- Tansee
- Tapethok
- Tartong
- Tawa
- Temren
- Temreng
- Temreṅ
- Tesangma
- Tha Nagphu
- Thauwa
- Thinga
- Thinge
- Thiwa
- Thiṅge
- Thumebung
- Thyāṅyam
- Tingdu
- Tiptala Bhanjyang
- Tiṅdu
- Tortongdin
- Tseram
- Tārtoṅ
- Tā̃sī
- Waku
- Yaden
- Yangma
- Yasang
- Yejyumaro
- Yenuwa
- Yāsaṅ
- Yāṅmā
- Ā̃bebuṅ
- Ĩlāgāũ
- Ĩlāḍā̃ḍā

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 Phaktanlung

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

### Water

69 rivers and streams; 23 lakes.

- Bharauti̇̃ Kholā
- Birḍhuṅgā Pokhari̇̄
- Biṭṭuṅgā Pokhari̇̄
- Bākim Kholā
- Chenjam Pokhari̇̄
- Chheche Pokhari̇̄
- Chherchen Kholā
- Chhuchuṅ Pokhari̇̄
- Chhudātāṅkā Kholā
- Chhā Kholā
- Chhā̃gā Kholā
- Daint Pokhari̇̄
- Dinsāmbā Kholā
- Doole Kholā
- Dudh Pokhari̇̄
- Ghaṭṭe Kholā
- Ghunsā Kholā
- Gosāi Kholā
- Hosyomā Kholā
- Hās Pokhari̇̄
- Hās Pokhari̇̄
- Ima Kholā
- Jamle Pokhari̇̄
- Jor Kholā

…and 68 more.

### Hills and mountains

20 glaciers; 14 peaks; 5 mountain passes; 1 mountain.

- Kānchenjunga · 8,509 m
- Kāṅbāchen · 7,835 m
- Kumbhakarna · 7,601 m
- Nepāl Peak · 7,134 m
- Pholesobi̇̄ Thoṅje · 6,554 m
- Gimmigelā · 6,357 m
- Nuyklā Lāchuṅ · 6,355 m
- Tāṅgā · 6,351 m
- Kāṅ Lā · 6,222 m
- Merrā · 6,202 m
- Boktoh · 6,032 m
- Nupchu Peak · 6,006 m
- Jhiṅsāṅ Glacier · 5,818 m
- West Laṅpo Glacier · 5,736 m
- Kañchaniaṅghā Glacier · 5,674 m
- Chijimā Glacier · 5,533 m
- Merrā Glacier · 5,496 m
- Pāthibharā Glacier · 5,483 m
- Chhyātuṅdiṅgā Glacier · 5,399 m
- Tso Galcier · 5,358 m
- Ramdāṅ Glacier · 5,232 m
- Chābuk Glacier · 5,171 m
- Pābukṭār · 5,159 m
- Sinelāpche Bhañjyāṅ · 5,134 m

…and 16 more.

### Forests and nature

2 forests; 1 nature reserve.

- Kanchenjunga Conservation Area
- Riyā Sāmbā Forest
- Thāmkharka Forest

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 Phaktanlung and the best time to visit

Using the climate of Taplejung District, the warmest month is Jul (average 10 °C) and the coolest is Jan (-4 °C), after allowing for this place being about 295 m higher than the climate reference point (about 6.5 °C per 1,000 m). About 1,098 mm of rain falls in a year; the wettest month is Jul (293 mm) and the driest Nov (3 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 -4 5 

Feb -3 11 

Mar -0 26 

Apr 3 51 

May 6 108 

Jun 9 160 

Jul 10 293 

Aug 10 233 

Sep 8 160 

Oct 4 46 

Nov 1 3 

Dec -2 3 

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

## Nearest hospital, bank and fuel from Phaktanlung

Need Nearest mapped Distance 

Hotel Selele · Phaktanlung 3.0 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=27.66017&mlon=87.93510#map=17/27.66017/87.93510) 

School TELLOK HIGH SCHOOL · Sirijanga 36 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=27.36269&mlon=87.85006#map=17/27.36269/87.85006) 

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 Phaktanlung

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

- Hotels10
- Restaurants2

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 Taplejung District

- Aatharai Tribeni
- Maiwakhola
- Meringden
- Mikwakhola
- Pathivara Yangwarak
- Phungling
- Sidingba
- Sirijanga

## Quick answers

- Where is Phaktanlung?In Taplejung District, Koshi Province, Nepal
- What borders Phaktanlung?Bhotkhola, Mikwakhola, Phungling and Sirijanga
- How many villages are in Phaktanlung?202 named settlements (GeoNames, OpenStreetMap)
- What is the elevation of Phaktanlung?Settlements lie between 948 m and 7,187 m
- What is the highest point in Phaktanlung?Kānchenjunga (8,509 m, GeoNames elevation model)
- What is the P-code of Phaktanlung?NP0101401 (OCHA common operational dataset)