Place:Rapti Zone, Mid-western, Nepal

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NameRapti Zone
Alt namesRaptisource: Wikipedia
Rāptīsource: Getty Vocabulary Program
Rāptī Añchalsource: NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998)
Rāptī Zonesource: NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998)
TypeZone
Coordinates28.333°N 82.5°E
Located inMid-western, Nepal
Contained Places
District
Dang Deokhuri
Pyuthan
Rolpa
Rukum
Salyan
Inhabited place
Bijauri
Piuthān
Sallyāna
source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names


the text in this section is copied from an article in Wikipedia

Rapti Zone was one of the fourteen zones, located in the Mid-Western Development Region of Nepal. It was named after the West Rapti River which drains Rolpa, Pyuthan and part of Dang districts. The remainder of Dang and part of Salyan district are drained by the Babai. The remainder of Salyan and all of Rukum districts are drained by the Bheri.

The headquarters of Rapti were Tulsipur and the largest city was Tribhuvannagar (Ghorahi). Other main cities and towns of Rapti zone were Pyuthan Khalanga, Bijuwar, Liwang, Lamahi, Musikot, Rukumkot (Shova), and Chaurjahari.

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