Namche Bazaar

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Namche Bazaar

Air quality index

65Moderate

Elevation3440 m

Coordinates27.80°, 86.71°

Demographic figures from National Statistics Office (Nepal). Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

City facts

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Overview

Namche Bazaar is a town in the Ward number 5 of Khumbu Pasanglhamu Rural Municipality in Solukhumbu District of Koshi Province in northeastern Nepal. It is located within the Khumbu area at 3,440 metres (11,286 ft) at its low point, populating the sides of a hill. Most Sherpa in the tourism business hail from the Namche area. Namche is also the main trading center and hub for the Lanjey region.

History & geography

Excerpted from the corresponding Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA).

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Air quality

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Earthquake history

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Notable people from here

Tenzing Norgay

Nepalese Indian Sherpa mountaineer (1914-1986)

Apa Sherpa

Nepalese mountain climber

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Ang Tshering Sherpa

Nepali entrepreneur and founder of Yeti Airlines (1953–2019)

Ang Rita

Nepalese mountain climber (1948–2020)

Thubten Zopa Rinpoche

Buddhist lama from Khumbu, Nepal

Ang Dorje Sherpa

Nepali mountain climber

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Tashi Tenzing

Sherpa mountain climber

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Ang Tharkay

Nepalese sherpa and sirdar (1907-1981)

Kami Rita Sherpa

Nepali sherpa guide and Mount Everest climber

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Kanchha Sherpa

Nepali mountaineer and high-altitude porter

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Geography & sun

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Public attention

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