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The Kali Gandaki River and rice fields near Kagbeni. Kagbeni is a village in the Baragung Muktikshetra rural municipality of Mustang District (Upper Mustang) of the Himalayas, in Nepal, located in the valley of the Kali Gandaki River. At the time of the 2011 Nepal census, it had a population of 555 people. [1]
Mustang District (Nepali: मुस्ताङ जिल्ला Listen ⓘ) (from the Tibetan möntang (Wylie: smon-thang), "fertile plain") is one of the eleven districts of Gandaki Province and one of seventy-seven districts of Nepal which was a Kingdom of Lo-Manthang that joined the Federation of Nepal in 2008 after abolition of the Shah dynasty.
In Kagbeni a major tributary named Johng Khola, Kak Khola or Krishnaa descends from Muktinath. The river then flows southward through a steep gorge known as the Kali Gandaki Gorge , or Andha Galchi , between the mountains Dhaulagiri , elevation 8,167 m (26,795 ft) to the west and Annapurna , elevation 8,091 m (26,545 ft) to the east.
On 21 August 1998, a Lumbini Airways de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter leased from the Air Transport Support Centre (ATSC, of the Nepalese CAA) on a late morning scheduled passenger flight from Jomsom to Pokhara impacted Mount Annapurna near Ghorepani at the 7000 ft level. All 18 occupants, three crew and 15 passengers were killed and the ...
Seven railroad cars derailed in East Austin at 3:44 a.m. Tuesday, near East Sixth Street and Robert T. Martinez Jr. Street.
The Hejaz Railway was a narrow gauge railway (1,050 mm / 3 ft 5 + 11 ⁄ 32 in track gauge) that ran from Damascus to Medina, through the Hejaz region of Saudi Arabia, with a branch line to Haifa on the Mediterranean Sea. It was a part of the Ottoman railway network.
Muktinath temple complex is also revered as a place on earth to host all five elements (fire, water, sky, earth, and air) from which all material things in the universe are made. The goddess Jwala Mai Temple situated adjacent to the Muktinath Temple is worshipped for its sacred flame fueled by natural gas emanating from the earth.
Railroad tracks on the North–South railway near Mỹ Sơn, in central Vietnam. The Hanoi–Ho Chi Minh City line is the primary railway line serving Vietnam. Trains travelling this line are sometimes referred to as the 'Reunification Express'. This line should not be confused with the proposed North–South express railway . Major stations