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Dolpa District ((ネパール語:डोल्पा जिल्ला)), is one of the five districts of the Karnali Zone in Nepal. The district, with Dunai as its district headquarters, covers an area of and has a population (2011) of 36,700. ==Geography and Climate== Dolpa is the largest district of Nepal covering 5.36% of the total landmass of the country, located at 28°43’N to 29°43’N latitude, and 82°23’E to 83°41’E longitude. Elevation ranges from . The district borders Tibet ( China) on the north and northeast, Jumla and Mugu districts of Karnali on the west, Myagdi, Jajarkot and Rukum on the south, and Mustang on the east. A large portion of the district is protected by Shey Phoksundo National Park. The name is derived from the 12th century Shey Monastery and the deepest lake in Nepal, the Phoksundo Lake, both of which lie in the district. The park protects endangered animals like the snow leopard, musk deer and the Tibetan wolf. Shey Phoksundo is the largest and the only trans-Himalayan National Park in Nepal. It is also one of the two districts that lie beyond the Himalaya or the trans-Himalaya, Mustang being the other. The district distances an altitudinal range of over from a little over at Tribeni in Kalika VDC to meters at the peak of Churen Himal. Kanjiroba (), Mukot () and Putha Hiunchuli () are other renowned peaks. Physiographical the smaller ranges of the Great Himalayas comprise the southern border of the district. Between these and the border mountain ranges of Gautam Himal and Kanti Himal to the north, Dolpa district is a labyrinth of often wide glacial valleys and ridges. Kanjiroba Himal and Kagmara Lekh running northwest to southeast separate the valleys of the Jagdula in the west from the rest of the district. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Dolpa District」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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