Biratnagar

Development region

Biratnagar is a city in southeastern Nepal Terai in the hill country on the border opposite the Indian Jogbani with 201 125 inhabitants ( 2011 census ) at a height of 63-78 m.

Biratnagar is after the capital Kathmandu, Pokhara Lalitpur and the fourth largest city in Nepal (see cities in Nepal ) and the most important economic center with good transport links, inter alia, both in the Kathmandu valley as well as the Indian Bihar. The town is also the district capital of Morang within the Koshi Zone and also benefits from the fertility of the region. Lines of business are not only jute processing and agricultural production, there are also small and medium-sized industries, for example in the fields of chemical, oil, steel, mainly located towards the 15 km northern city of Itahari.

Biratnagar has on the western outskirts airports. From here, there are not only regular flights to Kathmandu, but it is also important starting point for flight connections to the high-mountain regions in the east of the country.

Here, too, the local carmakers Hulas engine its headquarters.

To the west lies near the Koshi Tappu Wildlife Reserve, a place for bird watching. The Koshi gorge on the eponymous river Koshi is impressive. Biratnagar is a hub of air routes in eastern Nepal.

For tourists, there are routes to Sikkim and Darjeeling. For mountaineers Biratnagar is, inter alia, Starting point to Kangchenjunga.

Climate

Biratnagar has a tropical climate with hot summers where the temperature drops and mild never below 23 ° C winters, where temperatures below 7 ° C are extremely rare. The coldest temperature ever recorded was 3.1 ° C, the warmest at 43.2 ° C. Normally, the temperatures in the summer between 33 ° and 26 ° in winter between 24 ° and 10 °.