Bauphal Municipality is situated within the Bauphal Sub-District (Upazila) in Patuakhali District (Zila), which is under Barishal Division. Bauphal became Upazila in 1983 Paurashava in 2001. The geographical coordinates of Bauphal are 22° 24' 59.7" N and 90° 33' 04.0" E . The municipality is situated 38.1 km northeast from Patuakhali and 240 km southwest from Dhaka. It is bordered by the Upazilas of Patuakhali […]
Kaliakair Municipality is situated within the Kaliakair Sub-District (Upazila) in Gazipur District (Zila), which is under Dhaka Division. The geographical coordinates of Kaliakair are 24° 4' 10.03'' N and 90° 13' 19.64'' E . It is bordered on the north by the Upazilas of Mirzapur and Sakhipur, on the south by the Upazilas of Savar and Dhamrai, on the east by the Upazilas of Gazipur […]
Malangwa Municipality is in Sarlahi District, Madhesh province of Nepal. It has a total of 12 wards and covers an area of 30.44 square kilometres. The municipality was established in 2 March, 1987. It is bounded by Brahmapuri rural Municipality and Sonbarsa region of India in the east, Chakarghatta, Kaudena and Bishnu rural Municipalities in the west, Kabilasi Municipality in the north and Sitamarhi District […]
Jaleshwar Municipality is in Mahottari District, Madhesh Province of Nepal. It has a total of 12 wards and covers an area of 44.72 square kilometres. It shares its boundary with Mahottari District and Pipra Rural Municipality in the north, Sitamadi District of neighboring country India in the south, Matihani Rural Municipality in the east and Ekdara Rural Municipality in the west. According to the national […]
Kolhabi Municipality is situated in Bara District of Madhesh Province in the southern region of Nepal. It is divided into 11 wards and covers an area of 157.40 sq. km. It was restructured by merging the already-existing Kolhabi, Sapahi, Prasauna, Kakadi, Amab, Bachhanpurwa, Rampurwa Village Development Committeees (VDCs) and some wards from VDCs Sinhasani (wards 1 and 2), Haraiya (ward 6), Karaiya (ward 8) and […]
A análise comparativa entre os municípios de Caçador, Videira e Concórdia, em Santa Catarina, no Brasil, e Sault Ste. Marie, Thunder Bay, North Bay, Chatham-Kent, Woodstock e Kenora, em Ontário, no Canadá possibilita a identificação de diferenças e semelhanças nos sistemas de saneamento, compreensão dos desafios e oportunidades e, consequentemente, embasamento para políticas públicas efetivas visando a melhoria do acesso ao saneamento. The comparative analysis between […]
Phidim Municipality was declared as municipality on 18th May 2014. It is in Panchthar District, Koshi Province in the eastern Nepal. It is divided into 14 political wards. The municipality has a total population of 48,495 with 23,679 males and 24,816 females (Census 2021, n.d.). Out of total wards, ward number 1 has the largest population (8,944) while ward number 9 has the least population […]
The SuSanA Secretariat hosted the Second virtual Water Women’s Day on Tuesday, 26 September in collaboration with the Community of Women in Water, Women in Water & Sanitation Network, African Women Sanitation Professionals Network, SIWI’s Women in Water Diplomacy Network in the Nile and Central Asia & Afghanistan, African Water and Sanitation Association, Rural Water Supply Network, Women for Water Partnership, Skat Foundation, Indian Institute […]
Mirchaiya Municipality is situated in Siraha District of Madhesh Province in the southern region of Nepal. It is divided into twelve wards and covers an area of 91.97 sq. km. It was established on May 18, 2014 by merging the already-existing Village Development Committees (VDCs), Rampur Birta, Malhaniyakhori, Radhopur, Ramnagar, Mirchaiya, Phulbariya, Sitapur Pra. Da., and Madheshpur Gamharia. It lies at 26.4955° N latitude, 86.1516 […]
Ilam Municipality is in Ilam district, Koshi province of Nepal. The municipality was established in 1958; one of the oldest municipalities in Nepal. It has 12 wards and covers the area of 173.32 sq km. It is surrounded by Maijogmai rural Municipality and Suryodaya Municipality in the east, Sandakpur Municipality and Panchthar Distict in the north, Deumai Municipality in the west, and Mai and Suryodaya […]
Rajbiraj Municipality lies in Saptari District of Madhesh Province, Nepal. It is divided into sixteen wards and covers an area of 55.64 sq. km. It is restructured by merging with Village Development Committees (VDCs) namely (Maleth, Dighwa, Farseth, Bishharia, Deuri Bharuwa) and some wards of VDCs (Haripur-6, Madhyepura 4-7, Boriya 3-7). It lies at 26.5419° N latitude, 86.7567 °E longitude and the altitude of 76 […]
Bardibas Municipality is located in Mahottari District, Madhesh Province of Nepal. It has total 14 wards and covers the area of 315.57 square kilometres. It is surrounded by Kamalamai Municipality of Sindhuli District in North, Aurahi and Bhangaha Municipalities in south, Dhanusha District in the east and Sarlahi District in the west. According to national population and housing census 2021, Bardibas Municipality has a total […]
Rajpur Municipality was established in 2016. The municipality is located in Rautahat District, Madhesh Province. The municipality is divided into nine political wards. The municipality has a total population of 54,083 with 26,574 males and 27,509 females (Census 2021, n.d.). Out of total wards, ward number 1 has the largest population (7,801) while ward number 8 has the least population (4,193). The municipality has a […]
Phungling Municipality is in the Taplejung District of Koshi Province of Nepal and is the only municipality of this district. The total area of the municipality is 125.57 square kilometres which is divided in 11 wards (Phungling, 2023). The total population of the municipality is 28,786, with male and female population percentage of 49.2% and 50.8%, respectively. In Phungling Municipality, 7,306 families are residing in 5,888 […]
This briefing paper informs about a study carried out by the Container Based Sanitation Alliance (CBSA). Working with the carbon finance consultancy South Pole, five CBS operators were examined. The results show that their projects would eliminate 79% to 93% of baseline emissions, depending on the treatment methods used and contextual parameters. The study of five CBS operators shows that carbon credits can provide a viable […]
Parsagadhi Municipality was established in 2016. The municipality is located in Parsa District, Madhesh Province. The municipality is divided into nine political wards.he municipality has a total population of 41,569 with 21,011 males and 20,558 females (Census 2021, n.d.). Out of total wards, ward number 3 has the largest population (7,221) while ward number 9 has the least number of populations with (3,234). The municipality […]
Gaur Municipality is in Nepal’s southern Terai area. The municipality was formed in April 1992 by merging Gaur, Tikuliya, Purenywa, Sirshiya and Swagadha Village Development Committees (VDCs). The municipality is divided into nine political ward boundaries. According to the census 2021, the municipality has a total population of 39,846 and there are 7,235 households with an annual growth rate of 1.4% per annum. Despite the municipality […]
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Faridpur Municipality is a fast-growing city, which is 116 km away from the Dhaka city. It is beside the Padma River and it is well connected with road, water, and railways. It is one of the oldest towns and was declared ‘A’ class Municipality in 1986. Faridpur is one of the 53 district level municipalities in the country. The present (2020) population is estimated to […]
Jhenaidah is a fast-growing city, which is 174 km away from the Dhaka city. It is beside the Naboganga River and it is well connected with road and water. It is one of the oldest towns in the sub-continent and was declared municipality in 1958. Jhenaidah is one of the 53 district level municipality in the country. According to the population census in 2011 by […]