Tukuche

Tukuche
टुकुचे
Village development committee
Tukuche

Location in Nepal

Coordinates: 28°44′N 83°37′E / 28.74°N 83.62°E / 28.74; 83.62Coordinates: 28°44′N 83°37′E / 28.74°N 83.62°E / 28.74; 83.62
Country    Nepal
Zone Dhawalagiri Zone
District Mustang District
Population (1991)
  Total 652
Time zone Nepal Time (UTC+5:45)

Tukuche , sometimes spelt Tukche, is a village development committee in Mustang District in the Dhawalagiri Zone of northern Nepal. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census it had a population of 652 people living in 166 individual households.[1]

The village is located in the Kali Gandaki Gorge. It is a centre of the Thakali people.

Sights

There are a number of sights of interest in Tukuche:[2][3][4]

  1. Qpar Gompa
  2. Rani Gompa
  3. Sambha Gompa
  4. Tukuche Distillery
  5. Thakali Cultural Museum
  6. Thak library

References

  1. "Nepal Census 2001", Nepal's Village Development Committees, Digital Himalaya, retrieved 15 November 2009.
  2. The Thakalis, Bon dKar and Lamaist Monasteries along the Kali Gandaki: The Ancient Salt Route in Western Nepal, RK Rai (1994) Book Faith India
  3. Mustang: A lost tibetan kingdom, M Peissel (1968) Futura
  4. Trekking in the Nepal Himalaya, Lonely Planet, 2009, p195


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