{{Infobox settlement <!--See the table at Infobox settlement for all fields and descriptions of usage--> <!-- Basic info -->| name = Kowang | other_name = | native_name = कोवाङ | nickname = | settlement_type = Village<!--Village development committee--> | motto = <!-- images and maps --> | image_skyline = Kowang_Mustang_District_Nepal.jpg | image_caption = Kowang | imagesize = 320px | image_flag = | image_seal = | image_map = | mapsize = | map_caption = | pushpin_map = Nepal Gandaki Province#Nepal | pushpin_label_position = bottom | pushpin_mapsize = 300 | pushpin_map_caption = Location in Nepal <!-- Location -->| subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = {{flag|Nepal}} | subdivision_type1 = <!--Zone-->Province | subdivision_name1 = <!--Dhawalagiri Zone-->Gandaki Province | subdivision_type2 = District | subdivision_name2 = Mustang District <!-- Politics -->| government_footnotes = | government_type = | leader_title = | leader_name = | leader_title1 = <!-- for places with, say, both a mayor and a city manager --> | leader_name1 = | established_title = <!-- Settled --> | established_date = <!-- Area --> | unit_pref = <!--Enter: Imperial, if Imperial (metric) is desired--> | area_footnotes = | area_total_km2 = <!-- ALL fields dealing with a measurements are subject to automatic unit conversion--> | area_total_sq_mi = <!-- Population --> | population_as_of = 1991 | population_footnotes = | population_note = | population_total = 659 | population_density_km2 = auto | population_blank1_title = Ethnicities <!-- General information -->| timezone = Nepal Time | utc_offset = +5:45 | timezone_DST = | utc_offset_DST = | coordinates = {{coord|28.69|83.58|type:adm2nd_region:NP_source:unmaps-enwiki|display=inline,title}} | elevation_footnotes = <!--for references: use <ref> </ref> tags--> | elevation_m = <!-- Area/postal codes & others --> | postal_code_type = <!-- enter ZIP code, Postcode, Post code, Postal code... --> | postal_code = | area_code = | blank_name = | blank_info = | website = | footnotes = }} '''Kowang '''is a village in Mustang District and former village development committee (VDC) in the Dhawalagiri Zone of northern Nepal. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census it had a population of 659 people living in 170 individual households.<ref>{{Citation|url=http://www.digitalhimalaya.com/collections/nepalcensus/form.php?selection=1 |title=Nepal Census 2001 |magazine=Nepal's Village Development Committees |publisher=Digital Himalaya |accessdate=15 November 2009 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081012163506/http://www.digitalhimalaya.com/collections/nepalcensus/form.php?selection=1 |archivedate=October 12, 2008 }}.</ref>
The VDC was abolished along with the other VDCs in March 2017 (replaced by Rural Municipalities), becoming part of the Thasang Rural Municipality, while the Dhawalagiri Zone was abolished along with the other Zones (replaced by provinces) in 2015, becoming part of Gandaki Province.
==References== <references />
==External links== *[http://www.un.org.np/maps/district-maps/western/Mustang.pdf UN map of the municipalities of Mustang District]
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Category:Populated places in Mustang District
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