Oct 13, 2011

Dhawalagiri

Dhawalagiri is one of the 14 zone that lies in Nepal. It is named after the Dhawalagiri mountain as Mt Dhawalagiri fall in this zone. It lies in Western Development Region. Dhawalagiri zone is one of the developing zone of Nepal. Dhawalagiri zone contain two of three geographical region which are Mountain Region and Hilly Region.Baglung is the headquarters of this zone. Dhawalagiri zone consist of four district which are Baglung, Mustang, Myagdi and Parbat. Its neighbouring zones are Gandaki, Lumbini, Karnali and Rapti. The main inhabitants of this zone are sherpa while people from other caste like Brahmins, Gurung, Tamang etc too live here. The main occupation of this zone is Agriculture and Tourism while Trade and Animal Husbandry, are side occupation of this zone. The climate of this zone is cold and rainy. Annapurna Conservation area, Jomsom, Muktinath Dhorpatan   Hunting Reserve etc are one of the important tourist area of this zone.

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