Place:Lumbini Zone, Western, Nepal

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NameLumbini Zone
Alt namesLumbinisource: Getty Vocabulary Program
Lumbinīsource: Britannica Book of the Year (1990) p 680
Lumbinī Añchalsource: NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998)
Lumbinī Zonesource: NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998)
TypeZone
Coordinates27.75°N 83.5°E
Located inWestern, Nepal
Contained Places
District
Arghakhanchi
Gulmi
Kapilvastu
Nawalparasi
Palpa
Rupandehi
Inhabited place
Bahādurganj
Bhairawa
Butwal
Kapilavastu
Lumbini
Parāsi
Riri Bāzār
Taulihawa
Tānsing
source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names


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Lumbini was one of the fourteen zones of Nepal until the restructure of zones to provinces. It is home to the Lumbini site, the birthplace of Siddhartha Gautama, who later became the historical Buddha and founder of the Buddhist philosophy. The zone's headquarters was Butwal.

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