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Nepali:
तेह्रथुम जिल्ला
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Kosi Zone, is one of the seventy-five districts of
Nepal. The district, with
Myanglung
as its district headquarters, covers an area of 679 km² and has a
population (2001) of 113,111. The word Tehrathum is constructed from
thirteen ("tehra") and "thum" (castle or fort). This can be spelled as
Terathum, Tehrathum or Terhathum. The town supposedly is the site of one
of a series of guard posts once protecting the territory of the
Limbus (Limbuwan). Therathum is a word also used to mention Myanglung Bazar which has the district headquarters of Tehrathum.
Myanglung
is onomatopoeic for the sound of a cat meowing and refers to an old
tradition of a Hindu temple (which remains today) in the town which had a
resident cat. The "myang" means cat and "lung" means stone in Limbu
(Kirat) language. The story is that the cat (myang) in ancient time,
pawed the stone (lung) in anger. The stone still exists in Myanglung
Bazaar at its gateway and is worshipped by the people entering bazaar.
Map of the VDCs in Terhathum District
Black
cardamom (
Amomum sp.) is one of the major cash crops in Terhathum District
Tehrathum comprises total 32 village development committees (VDC)s or
local administrative divisions with 9 sub-divisions within each VDCs
called wards. The VDCs are:
See also
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