# Dhunche

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**Dhunche** is the administrative seat of [Rasuwa District](/source/Rasuwa_District) in [Bagmati Zone](/source/Bagmati_Zone), [Nepal](/source/Nepal). It is a part of [Gosaikunda Rural Municipality](/source/Gosaikunda_Rural_Municipality). It is located at an altitude of 2,030 metres (6,660 ft). At the time of the [2001 Nepal census](/source/2001_Nepal_census) it had a population of 2,535 people residing in 604 individual households.[1]

To promote local culture Dhunche has one FM radio station, Radio Rasuwa - 102.1 MHz, which is a [community radio](/source/Community_radio) station.

Dhunche is the headquarters of Rasuwa district. It is accessible through bus via Pasang Lhamu Highway (H12) and is 120 km from [Kathmandu](/source/Kathmandu).

## History

The area was the site of a battle during the second campaign of [Sino-Nepalese War](/source/Sino-Nepalese_War) in early August 1792.[2]

## See also

- [Rasuwa District](/source/Rasuwa_District)

## References

1. ["Nepal Census 2001"](https://web.archive.org/web/20081012163506/http://www.digitalhimalaya.com/collections/nepalcensus/form.php?selection=1), *Nepal's Village Development Committees*, [Digital Himalaya](/source/Digital_Himalaya), archived from [the original](http://www.digitalhimalaya.com/collections/nepalcensus/form.php?selection=1) on 2008-10-12, retrieved 2008-10-06

1. Boulnois, L. (1989). ["Chinese Maps and Prints on the Tibet-Gorkha War of 1788-92"](https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/227254). University of Cambridge. pp. 95–96. Retrieved 4 March 2022. (p95) After the fall of Xiebulu/Syapruk, the Gorkhas, according to D. R. Regmi, withdrew first to Dhunchey ... According to the Weizangtonzhi, Fukangan and Hailancha took their five regiments from Xiebulu to Mount Dongjiao ... (p96) which should be August rather than July, if one considers what comes after.

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