Khumjung

{{short description|Former Village Development Committee in Nepal}}

{{Infobox settlement   |name = Khumjung

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'''Khumjung ''' ({{langx|ne|खुम्जुंग}}) is a village in Khumbu Pasanglhamu rural municipality of Solukhumbu District in Province No. 1 of north-eastern Nepal. It is located in the Khumbu sub-region inside Sagarmatha National Park, a world heritage site. The village lies at an elevation of 3,790 metres above sea level, near Mount Khumbila.

A monastery in Khumjung has a purported Yeti scalp. This village has modern communications such as the Internet and mobile and landline phones.

The village is the seat of ward no. 4, which include Kunde, Khumjung, Tengboche (Tyangboche), Pangboche, Pheriche, Dole, Chharchung, Machhermo, Lobuche, Dingboche, and Gokyo. As of 2011, it had a population of 1,912 people living in 551 individual households.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://cbs.gov.np/image/data/Population/VDC-Municipality%20in%20detail/VDC_Municipality.pdf|title=National Population and Housing Census 2011 |work=Village Development Committee/Municipality|publisher=Government of Nepal|accessdate=2018-05-18 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081012163506/http://www.digitalhimalaya.com/collections/nepalcensus/form.php?selection=1 |archivedate=2008-10-12 }}</ref>

Khumjung school was built by Sir Edmund Hillary's Himalayan Trust in 1961. The school began with two classrooms but now caters to pre-school, primary and secondary sections with over 350 students.<ref>{{Citation | author1=Ryōhei Uchida | title=Trekking Mount Everest | publication-date=1991 | publisher=San Francisco Chronicle Books | isbn=978-0-87701-884-1}} page 51 </ref>

==History== Khumjung was a separate Village development committee in Solukhumbu District of Sagarmatha Zone of EDR in Nepal during Kingdom of Nepal. With new administrative structure on 10 March 2017, it became part of Khumbu Pasanglhamu rural municipality.

==Climate==

{{Weather box|width=auto |metric first=y |single line=y |collapsed = Y |location = Khumjung (Syangboche Airport), elevation {{convert|3700|m|ft|abbr=on}} |Jan high C = 3.9 |Feb high C = 4.5 |Mar high C = 8.1 |Apr high C = 11.3 |May high C = 12.8 |Jun high C = 13.8 |Jul high C = 13.8 |Aug high C = 14.1 |Sep high C = 12.8 |Oct high C = 11.3 |Nov high C = 7.8 |Dec high C = 5.6 | year high C = |Jan mean C = -1.8 |Feb mean C = -0.7 |Mar mean C = 2.5 |Apr mean C = 5.1 |May mean C = 7.3 |Jun mean C = 9.6 |Jul mean C = 10.1 |Aug mean C = 10.1 |Sep mean C = 8.8 |Oct mean C = 6.0 |Nov mean C = 2.0 |Dec mean C = -0.2 | year mean C = |Jan low C = -7.5 |Feb low C = -6.0 |Mar low C = -3.0 |Apr low C = -0.9 |May low C = 1.7 |Jun low C = 5.4 |Jul low C = 6.5 |Aug low C = 6.0 |Sep low C = 4.8 |Oct low C = 0.8 |Nov low C = -3.8 |Dec low C = -6.0 | year low C = |precipitation colour = green |Jan precipitation mm = 24.1 |Feb precipitation mm = 14.3 |Mar precipitation mm = 30.5 |Apr precipitation mm = 28.0 |May precipitation mm = 38.9 |Jun precipitation mm = 172.5 |Jul precipitation mm = 299.4 |Aug precipitation mm = 290.0 |Sep precipitation mm = 193.8 |Oct precipitation mm = 85.9 |Nov precipitation mm = 0.6 |Dec precipitation mm = 0.0 | year precipitation mm = | source 1 = FAO<ref name=FAO>{{cite web | url = https://www.fao.org/land-water/land/land-governance/land-resources-planning-toolbox/category/details/fr/c/1028000/ | title = World-wide Agroclimatic Data of FAO (FAOCLIM) | publisher= Food and Agriculture Organization of United Nations | access-date = 23 June 2024}}</ref> | source 2 = Australian National University<ref name = ANU>{{cite web | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20231023124640/https://openresearch-repository.anu.edu.au/bitstream/1885/142732/2/b13197009_Nayava_J_L.pdf | archive-date = 23 October 2023 | url = https://openresearch-repository.anu.edu.au/bitstream/1885/142732/2/b13197009_Nayava_J_L.pdf | title = CLIMATES OF NEPAL AND THEIR IMPLICATIONS FOR AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT | publisher= Australian National University | access-date = 23 October 2023}}</ref> }}

==Galleries== <gallery class="center" caption="Khumjung village"> File:Khumjung and Khumbila.jpg|Khumjung village and Mount Khumbila File:Khumjung.jpg|Khumjung village File:Yetiscalp.JPG|Purported Yeti scalp at Khumjung monastery File:Khumjung high school nepal.jpg|Khumjung high school entrance File:Edmund hillary bust khumjung school.jpg|Bust of Edmung Hillary at Khumjung School </gallery>

<br><gallery class=center caption="VDC Khumjung - Villages and hamlets"> Phakding-16-Strassenszene-2007-gje.jpg|Phakding Jorsale-06-Dudh Koshi-2007-gje.jpg|Jorsale Dhole-08-Yaks am Morgen-2007-gje.jpg|Dhole Machhermo-38-Lodge-2007-gje.jpg|Machhermo Thangna-14-2007-gje.jpg|Thangna Chhukung-154-Nachbarhof-Yak-2007-gje.jpg|Chhukung Deboche-24-Frauenkloster-Mani-Steine-2007-gje.jpg|Deboche Tengboche-20-Tor-Ama Dablam-2007-gje.jpg|Tengboche </gallery>

==References== <references/>

==External links== {{Commons category| Khumjung}} *[http://www.un.org.np/maps/district-maps/eastern/Solukhumbu.pdf UN map of the municipalities of Solukhumbu District]

Category:Populated places in Solukhumbu District Category:Khumbu Pasanglhamu Rural Municipality