Overview
Waling Municipality (वालिङ नगरपालिका) is an urban local government in Syangja District of Gandaki Province, Nepal. According to the municipality’s official profile, Waling was declared a municipality on 2053/10/11 BS. The municipal office is located at Waling-8, Kataunje, Syangja.
Waling Municipality is surrounded by Biruwa Rural Municipality and Chapakot Municipality on the East, Parbat district and Galyang Municipality on the West, Bhirkot municipality on the North and Galyang Municipality and Chapakot Municipality on the South.
The municipality covers 128.40 square kilometres and lies at an elevation ranging from 731 metres to 1,596 metres above sea level. Waling currently has 14 wards, not 11. The official municipal profile also notes that the population recorded for Waling in the 2021 national census (2078 BS) is 50,488, replacing older figures commonly cited from earlier records.
The present structure of Waling Municipality was expanded during Nepal’s local-level restructuring in 2073 BS. The official profile states that the current municipality includes the former Waling Municipality and the former VDCs of Majhakot Shivalaya, Eladi, Jagat Bhanjyang, Keware Bhanjyang, Sirsekot, and Thumpokhara, along with selected wards from Chhangchhangdi, Malyangkot, Tindobate, Kalikakot, Pelakot, and Swarek.
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