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Purano Jhangajholi

Coordinates: 27°22′30″N 85°53′0″E / 27.37500°N 85.88333°E / 27.37500; 85.88333
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Purano Jhangajholi
पुरानो झाँगाझोली
Purano Jhangajholi is located in Nepal
Purano Jhangajholi
Purano Jhangajholi
Location in Nepal
Coordinates: 27°22′30″N 85°53′0″E / 27.37500°N 85.88333°E / 27.37500; 85.88333
Country   Nepal
ZoneJanakpur Zone
DistrictSindhuli District
Population
 (1991)
 • Total4,474
Time zoneUTC+5:45 (Nepal Time)

Purano Jhangajholi is a village development committee in Sindhuli District in the Janakpur Zone of south-eastern Nepal. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census, it had a population of 4,474 people living in 816 individual households.[1] The village is notable for a highway reportedly among Asia's most dangerous; small mirrors cover its retaining wall to draw on Seti Devi Mata, a deity, to prevent accidents.[2]

References

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  1. ^ "Nepal Census 2001". Nepal's Village Development Committees. Digital Himalaya. Retrieved 2 November 2008.
  2. ^ "Mulkot Mirror Wall". Atlas Obscura. Retrieved 2021-12-24.
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