Kalikot District

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Kālikot Jillā कालीकोट जिल्ला
— District —
Location of Kalikot
Country	Nepal
Region	Mid-Western (grey)
Zone	Karnali (darker grey)
Area
• Total	1,741 km² (672 sq mi)
Population (2001)
• Total	105,580
• Density	61/km² (160/sq mi)
Time zone	NPT (UTC+5:45)

Kalikot District(Nepali: कालीकोट जिल्ला

Listen (help·info), a part of Karnali Zone, is one of the seventy-five districts of Nepal, a landlocked country of South Asia. The district, with Manma as its district headquarters, covers an area of 1,741 km² and has a population (2001) of 105,580. In September 2005, in a bid to encourage a change in social attitudes, the government announced that it would provide rice to any family that had recently had a girl born.^[1]

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[edit] Village Development Committees (VDCs)

Map of the VDCs in Kalikot District

[edit] See also

Zones of Nepal

[edit] References

^ Country Reports on Human Rights Practices - 2005 - US Department of State

[edit] External links

UN map of VDC boundaries, water features and roads in Kalikot
Districts of Nepal at statoids.com

[hide] v t e Districts of Nepal

Achham Arghakhanchi Baglung Baitadi Bajhang Bajura Banke Bara Bardiya Bhaktapur Bhojpur Chitwan Dadeldhura Dailekh Dang Deokhuri Darchula Dhading Dhankuta Dhanusa Dolkha Dolpa Doti Gorkha Gulmi Humla Ilam Jajarkot Jhapa Jumla Kailali Kalikot Kanchanpur Kapilvastu Kaski Kathmandu Kavrepalanchok Khotang Lalitpur Lamjung Mahottari Makwanpur Manang Morang Mugu Mustang Myagdi Nawalparasi Nuwakot Okhaldhunga Palpa Panchthar Parbat Parsa Pyuthan Ramechhap Rasuwa Rautahat Rolpa Rukum Rupandehi Salyan Sankhuwasabha Saptari Sarlahi Sindhuli Sindhulpalchok Siraha Solukhumbu Sunsari Surkhet Syangja Tanahu Taplejung Terhathum Udayapur