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| subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = | subdivision_type1 = Province | subdivision_name1 = Lumbini | subdivision_type2 = District | subdivision_name2 = Nawalparasi (West of Bardaghat Susta) district | established_title = | founder = Golden King | parts_type = No. of Wards | parts = 13 | seat_type = | seat = | government_footnotes = | government_type = Mayor–council government | governing_body = Sunwal City Municipality Government | leader_title = Mayor | leader_name = Bimala Aryal (UML) | leader_title1 = Deputy mayor | leader_name1 = Surya Prasad Dubey (UML) | unit_pref = Metric | area_total_km2 = 173.50 | area_metro_km2 = | elevation_m = 131 | population_footnotes = | population_as_of = 2021 | population_total = 72,621 | population_density_km2 = | population_rank = 27th | population_metro = 0.11 million | population_blank1_title = Municipal rank | population_blank1 = 29th | time_zone1 = Nepal Standard Time | utc_offset1 = +05:45 | postal_code_type = Postal Code | postal_code = 33000 | area_code = 078 | area_codes = | iso_code = | website = | module = | footnotes = | other_name = Sunawal, Golden Place, Golden Wall }} Sunwal City, officially the Sunwal Municipal City, is the urbanized and the most populous city of Parasi District with 72,621 native inhabitants living in 18,689 households in 2021 and 0.11 million people in its urban agglomeration.…
| subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = | subdivision_type1 = Province | subdivision_name1 = Lumbini | subdivision_type2 = District | subdivision_name2 = Nawalparasi (West of Bardaghat Susta) district | established_title = | founder = Golden King | parts_type = No. of Wards | parts = 13 | seat_type = | seat = | government_footnotes = | government_type = Mayor–council government | governing_body = Sunwal City Municipality Government | leader_title = Mayor | leader_name = Bimala Aryal (UML) | leader_title1 = Deputy mayor | leader_name1 = Surya Prasad Dubey (UML) | unit_pref = Metric | area_total_km2 = 173.50 | area_metro_km2 = | elevation_m = 131 | population_footnotes = | population_as_of = 2021 | population_total = 72,621 | population_density_km2 = | population_rank = 27th | population_metro = 0.11 million | population_blank1_title = Municipal rank | population_blank1 = 29th | time_zone1 = Nepal Standard Time | utc_offset1 = +05:45 | postal_code_type = Postal Code | postal_code = 33000 | area_code = 078 | area_codes = | iso_code = | website = | module = | footnotes = | other_name = Sunawal, Golden Place, Golden Wall }} Sunwal City, officially the Sunwal Municipal City, is the urbanized and the most populous city of Parasi District with 72,621 native inhabitants living in 18,689 households in 2021 and 0.11 million people in its urban agglomeration. It is located in the Lumbini Province, at an altitude of . The city is one of the oldest continuously inhabited places in Lumbini, founded in the 15th century. The city was historically called the "Sunawal" and has been the home of the Brahmin, Chhetri, Gurung, Magar and Newar people, a cosmopolitan urban civilization in the Himalayan foothills. Today, it runs with the local government of the Nepalese republic, established in 20151, and is part of the Lumbini Province. ==Nearby tourist attractions== The Ramagrama stupa is a stupa located in Ramgram Municipality, about 11 km from Sunwal. This Buddhist pilgrimage site, which was constructed around 2500 BCE, contains relics of Gautama Buddha. According to Buddhist texts, after Buddha's Mahaparinirvana, his cremated remains were divided and distributed among the princes of eight of the 16 mahājanapadās. Each of the princes constructed a stupa at or near his capital city, within which the respective portion of the ashes was enshrined. One of them was Rāmagrāma, a major city of the Koliya kingdom (sometimes referred to as Koliyanagara) at that time. As of today, the Ramagrama stupa is the only intact and original stupa that contains relics of Buddha. The high stupa is now buried under a mound of earth and is awaiting further research. ==Notes== ==References== ==External links== Cost of Living Index in Nepal - Statistics & Graphs of Nepalese Citizen's Economic Power, January 10, 2014 Central Bureau of Statistics, Final result of population and housing - census 2011, VDC/Municipality, Table 2 (p. 8)
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