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District de Chitwan
Résumé
Chitwan District (ˈtʃɪtəˌwʌn, चितवन, ˈtsit̪ʌwʌn) is one of 77 districts of Nepal, and takes up the southwestern corner of Bagmati Province. It covers . In 2011 it had a population of 579,984 people (279,087 male and 300,897 female), and in 2021 it had a population of 719,859 people (351,789 male and 368,070 female).
The Chitwan district’s postal code is 44200 and this is the main head office (D.P.O.); it communicates with 14 other post offices in this district.
Chitwan District's administrative center is Bharatpur, the largest city of Nepal after Kathmandu, the commercial and service center of South Central Nepal and a major destination for higher education, health care, and transportation in the region.
Chitwan lies in the Terai region of Nepal.
It is in the drainage basin of the Gandaki River and is roughly triangular, taking that river as its meandering northwestern border, and a modest watershed border, with India, as the basis of its southern limit.
Local government: Bharatpur Metropolitan, Rapti Municipality, Ratnanagar Municipality, Kalika Municipality, Madi, Ichchhakamana Rural Municipality
The district takes its name from the Chitwan Valley, one of Nepal's Inner Terai valleys between the Mahabharat and Siwalik ranges, both considered foothills of the Himalayas.
Chitwan is one of the few remaining undisturbed vestiges of the Terai region, which formerly extended over the foothills of Nepal. It was originally a dense forest with wild animals like leopards and Bengal tigers. It was ruled by Chitrsen Baba and rishis meditated in the forest. .
There are several theories on the origin of the name Chitwan. In each of them, the second element is वन van(a) or ban meaning "jungle" or "forest". The first element may be:
the Sanskrit word चित्त citta meaning "heart"; hence "Heart of the Jungle"
the name of the Tharu God-King Chitrasen Baba, thought to an incarnation of Vishnu. Today, the Tharu worship his idol during HariBodhini Ekadashi in Chitrasari en route to the village of Sauraha.
chitri, the Tharu word for "leopard".
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