Namche Bazaar(also Namche Bazar, Nemche Bazaar or Namche Baza;Nepali:नाम्चे बजार) is atown(formallyNamche Village Development Committee) inKhumbu Pasanglhamu Rural MunicipalityinSolukhumbu DistrictofKoshi Provincein northeasternNepal.It is located within theKhumbuarea at 3,440 metres (11,286 ft) at its low point, populating the sides of a hill. MostSherpain the tourism business hail from the Namche area. Namche is the main trading center and hub for the Khumbu region.
Namche Bazaar
नाम्चे बजार | |
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 Namche Bazaar with Kongde Ri peak in the background. | |
| Nickname: The Sherpa capital | |
  Namche Bazaar Location in Province No. 1  Namche Bazaar Namche Bazaar (Nepal) | |
| Coordinates:27°49′N86°43′E/ 27.817°N 86.717°E | |
| Country | Nepal |
| Province | Koshi Province |
| District | Solukhumbu District |
| Rural Municipality | Khumbu Pasanglhamu |
| Elevation | 3,440 m (11,290 ft) |
| Population (2001) | |
• Total | 1,647 |
| Time zone | UTC+5:45(NST) |
| Postal code | 56002 |
| Area code | 038 |
At the2001 census,it had a population of 1,647 people living in 397 individual households.[1]
Geography
editImmediately west of Namche isKongde Riat 6,187 metres (20,299 ft) and to the east isThamserkuat 6,623 metres (21,729 ft).
Transport
editOn a hill overlooking Namche Bazaar is theSyangboche Airport(3,750 m / 12,303 ft). It is no longer used for passenger flights, though Russian helicopters make occasional cargo flights. The nearest open airport isTenzing–Hillary Airport,located 13 km south of the town.
Tourism
editNamche Bazaar is popular with trekkers in the Khumbu region, especially foraltitude acclimatization,and is the gateway to the highHimalaya.The town has a number of lodgings and stores catering to the needs of visitors as well as a number of internet cafés. There are German bakeries, little cafes and many restaurants. There is also anIrish pub,said to be the highest and most remote Irish pub in the world.[2]A popular local meal is yak steak.
On Saturday mornings, a weekly market is held in the centre of the village. There may also be a dailyTibetmarket where clothing and cheap Chinese consumer goods tend to be the main articles for sale.
Namche has electricity from the nearby Thame-Namchehydropowerplant (600 kW), opened in October 1995 nearThame.[3][4][5][6]
Climate
editNamche has either a relatively cold dry-wintersubtropical highland climate(Köppen climate classificationCwb) or an unusually mild dry-winter warm-summerhumid continental climate(Köppen climate classificationDwb), depending on if you use the 0 °C (32 °F) isotherm or the −3 °C (26.6 °F) isotherm. The city features pleasant, wet summers and chilly, dry winters mainly affected by its altitude and the summermonsoonseason. The average precipitation is 1,110 millimetres or 44 inches, and the average temperature is 6.1 °C or 43.0 °F.
| Climate data for Namche Bazaar, elevation 3,450 m (11,320 ft) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 6.9 (44.4) |
6.4 (43.5) |
9.6 (49.3) |
12.8 (55.0) |
14.3 (57.7) |
15.6 (60.1) |
15.8 (60.4) |
16.2 (61.2) |
14.6 (58.3) |
12.5 (54.5) |
9.1 (48.4) |
7.6 (45.7) |
11.8 (53.2) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | −0.9 (30.4) |
0.0 (32.0) |
3.2 (37.8) |
6.8 (44.2) |
9.0 (48.2) |
10.6 (51.1) |
11.8 (53.2) |
11.8 (53.2) |
10.3 (50.5) |
6.9 (44.4) |
2.7 (36.9) |
0.3 (32.5) |
6.0 (42.9) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −8.5 (16.7) |
−6.5 (20.3) |
−3.0 (26.6) |
0.8 (33.4) |
3.7 (38.7) |
5.9 (42.6) |
7.8 (46.0) |
7.5 (45.5) |
5.9 (42.6) |
1.2 (34.2) |
−3.8 (25.2) |
−7.1 (19.2) |
0.3 (32.6) |
| Averageprecipitationmm (inches) | 43 (1.7) |
20 (0.8) |
31 (1.2) |
26 (1.0) |
39 (1.5) |
129 (5.1) |
226 (8.9) |
206 (8.1) |
140 (5.5) |
57 (2.2) |
11 (0.4) |
24 (0.9) |
952 (37.3) |
| Source:FAO[7] | |||||||||||||
Pop culture references
edit"Namche Bazaar" is the name of a song byNathan Rogerson his albumThe Gauntlet.The song was inspired by the mi xing of culture along the silk road.
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References
edit- ^"Nepal Census 2001".Nepal's Village Development Committees.Digital Himalaya.Archivedfrom the original on October 12, 2008.RetrievedNovember 14,2008.
- ^Owen Amos (7 August 2020)."World's remotest Irish bar: 'We will survive Covid'".BBC News.Archivedfrom the original on 7 August 2020.Retrieved8 August2020.
- ^Small Hydropower Plant Nanche BazarArchived2016-11-27 at theWayback Machine,Posch & Partner GmbH "Project period: 1985 - 1993"
- ^"Kleinwasserkraftwerk Thame - Namche Bazar im Sagarmatha Nationalpark".Archivedfrom the original on 2016-11-27.Retrieved2016-11-27.
- ^"Khumbu Bijuli Company".Archivedfrom the original on 2017-04-16.Retrieved2016-11-27.
- ^Small Hydropower Plant Thame-Namche Bazar, NepalArchived2017-05-10 at theWayback Machine/ Energy from the top of the world. Austrian Development Co-operation, ed. Dieter Rachbauer, Eco Himal, 2001
- ^"World-wide Agroclimatic Data of FAO (FAOCLIM)".Food and Agriculture Organization of United Nations.Retrieved23 June2024.
External links
edit
Namche Bazaartravel guide from Wikivoyage- Shrine at Namche Bazar
