query: located_in_the_administrative_territorial_entity sankhu
supports: Suntol is a village in Kathmandu District in the Bagmati Zone of central Nepal. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census it had a population of 3980 and had 684 households in it. A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town, with a population ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand. Though often located in rural areas, the term urban village is also applied to certain urban neighbourhoods. Villages are normally permanent, with fixed dwellings; however, transient villages can occur. Further, the dwellings of a village are fairly close to one another, not scattered broadly over the landscape, as a dispersed settlement. A city proper is the area contained within city limits. A city proper is not limited to a city; it can describe the complete area of any locality that fits the definition. The United Nations defines the term as ""the single political jurisdiction which contains the historical city centre."" Bagmati ("Bgmat Añcal") is one of the fourteen zones of Nepal, named after the Bagmati River. It is in the Central Development Region of Nepal. The zone contains the Kathmandu Valley with its conurbation of 1.5 million inhabitants. The Kathmandu Valley (Nepalbhasa:,  ), located in Nepal, lies at the crossroads of ancient civilizations of Asia, and has at least 130 important monuments, including several pilgrimage sites for Hindus and Buddhists. There are seven World Heritage Sites within the valley. Pukhulachhi is a Village Development Committee around the old Newari town of Sankhu in Kathmandu District in the Bagmati Zone of central Nepal. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census it had a population of 2760 and had 430 households in it. A Village Development Committee (VDC) in Nepal is the lower administrative part of its Ministry of Federal Affairs and Local Development. Each district has several VDCs, similar to municipalities but with greater public-government interaction and administration. There are currently 3,157 village development committees in Nepal. Each VDC is further divided into several wards depending on the population of the district; the average is nine(9) wards.  Hindu refers to any person who regards themselves as culturally, ethnically, or religiously adhering to aspects of Hinduism. It has historically been used as a geographical, cultural, rather than a religious identifier for people indigenous to South Asia. Sankhu ( alternative name : Sakwa ( Nepal Bhasa :  ) ) is the ancient Newari town located in the north - eastern corner of Kathmandu Valley in about 17 km from the capital city Kathmandu . Sankhu , also known as Sankharapur for its famous ancient Sankha - shaped town structure , was formerly divided into 3 Village Development Committee namely Pukhulachhi , Suntol and Bajrayogini . Recently the town of Sankhu has been declared as Sankharapur Municipality merging 3 above mentioned VDCs and other neighbouring VDCs . At the time of the 2011 Nepal census it had a population of 4333 living in 928 individual households . This place is also known as the Eighty Siddhas as there are four of five caves where the siddhas of India are said to have stayed . One of the caves is also said to have been the practice cave of Nagarjuna , and an image of the great master which was originally in the cave has been taken outside and placed some distance away . The town used to have 8 gates originally , at all the boundary entrances of the town . But at present , many got dilapidated and disappeared while 5 of them were reconstructed namely the Bhau Dhwaha , Mhyamachaa Dhwakha , Dhunlla Dhwakha , Mahadyo Dhwakha and Naari Dhwakha . These gates used to have a paati ( resthouse ) , Dhungedhara ( water spout ) and ponds next to it but only few of them still exists . 1 . Bhau Dhwaha ( Bride Gate ) - Main entry gate of Sankhu , also the gate through which new brides are entered in the town . 2 . Sangal Dhwakha or Mhyamachaa Dhwakha ( Daughter Gate ) - It is the gate from which to bid farewell to a daughter who is married off . 3 . Dhunlla Dhwakha - This gate is important for Bajrayogini festival . All kinds of ritual processions including the chariot of Bajrayogini enter through this gate . 4 . Mahadyo Dhwakha : Dead bodies from Sankhu are taken out to funeral through this gate . 5 . Naari Dhwakha : During the Shalinadi festival , the Holy god Madhav Narayan along with the devotees are taken in and out of the town through this gate . `` Naari '' is the local name for Shalinadi river . Before Malla Dynasty in Nepal , Sankhu was said to be a separate kingdom . The historical Durbar square ( Layaku ) has still been preserved . According to the legend Manisailamahavadana , Vajrayogini instructed the priest Jogdev and the first king Sankhadev to build the town of Sankhu in the shape of a conch shell . The oldest inscription found in Sankhu is dated 538 AD . There are other stories which say the temple to be built by Hindu King Raja Prakas Malla in 1655 . It is one of the best attraction of Sankhu for national and international tourists . It enshrines the main sacred representations of this site , Ugra - tara manifesting as Ekazati , which are said to give very powerful blessings , particularly the image in the upper temple . The image in the lower temple is red in colour with one face and four arms , two of which hold a skull - cup ( kapala ) and knife at her heart , and the remaining two hold a sword and an utpala lotus . In the upper temple is an identical image of Ugra - tara in bell metal , in which her left leg is outstretched . In the upper temple is the loom of the Nepali Princess Brhikuti , spouse of the Tibetan king Songtsen Gampo . In both the upper and lower temples , Bajrayogini is flanked Baghini and Singhini , the Tiger and Lion - headed Yoginis . In the same upper room in the upper temple is a solid bronze standing Buddha and a standing Lokeshvara . Below this shrine room is a small room containing self - arisen ( Swayambhu ) stupa in stone . On the hill behind there is a courtyard in the centre of which is a basin containing the `` Water of the Kalpa '' which never dries up . In the building immediately to the left of the stairs , there is also an eternal fire or `` Fire of the Kalpa '' . Further up , on top of the hill , is the Mani - linga . Nearby villages include Palubari . The 1991 Nepal census was a widespread national census conducted by the Nepal Central Bureau of Statistics. A World Heritage Site is a landmark which has been officially recognized by the United Nations, specifically by UNESCO. Sites are selected on the basis of having cultural, historical, scientific or some other form of significance, and they are legally protected by international treaties. UNESCO regards these sites as being important to the collective interests of humanity. Kathmandu District (Nepal Bhasa:  ) is a district located in Kathmandu Valley, Province No. 3 of Nepal, a landlocked country in South Asia. It is one of the 75 districts of Nepal, covers an area of , and is the most densely populated district of Nepal with 1,081,845 inhabitants in 2001 and 1,744,240 in 2011. The district's headquarters is Kathmandu Metropolitan City, also the capital of Nepal. It is also a famous tourist spot as there are many religious temples, places. Kathmandu (Nepali pronunciation: ) is the capital city of the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal, the largest Himalayan state in Asia. It is the largest metropolis in Nepal, with a population of 1.4 million in the city proper, and 5 million in its urban agglomeration across the Kathmandu Valley, which includes the towns of Lalitpur, Kirtipur, Madhyapur Thimi and Bhaktapur. Kathmandu is also the largest metropolis in the Himalayan hill region.  Kirtipur (Nepali: , Nepal Bhasa:  "Kipoo") is an ancient city of Nepal. It is located in the Kathmandu Valley 5 km south-west of the city of Kathmandu. It is one of the five municipalities in the valley, the others being Kathmandu, Lalitpur, Bhaktapur and Madhyapur Thimi.
  Etymology.
  The name Kirtipur comes from sanskrit terms "Kirti" (glory) and "pur" (city). The colloquial terms used for the city is Kipoo. Bajrayogini is a village development committee in Kathmandu District in the Bagmati Zone of central Nepal. At the time of the 2011 Nepal census it had a population of 4,333 and had 328 houses in it. Bhaktapur, literally translates to Place of devotees. Also known as Bhadgaon or Khwopa, it is an ancient Newar city in the east corner of the Kathmandu Valley, Nepal, about from the capital city, Kathmandu. It is located in Bhaktapur District in the Bagmati Zone. In the study of human settlements, an urban agglomeration is an extended city or town area comprising the built-up area of a central place ("usually a municipality") and any suburbs linked by continuous urban area. INSEE, the French Statistical Institute, uses the term "unité urbaine", which means continuous urbanized area. However, because of differences in definitions of what does and does not constitute an "agglomeration", as well as variations and limitations in statistical or geographical methodology, it can be problematic to compare different agglomerations around the world. It may not be clear, for instance, whether an area should be considered to be a satellite and part of an agglomeration, or a distinct entity in itself. A valley is a low area between hills, often with a river running through it. Madhyapur Thimi is a municipality in Bhaktapur District in the Bagmati Zone of central Nepal. Thimi lies between Kathmandu, Lalitpur and Bhaktapur in the Kathmandu Valley. It is one of the ancient, cultural and historical places along the trade route from Bhaktapur to Kathmandu. 
  Like other old cities this city is also situated on elevated land and therefore one has to climb up to reach this city. Thimi occupies an area of 2 square kilometres and is administratively divided into 17 wards. Asia is Earth's largest and most populous continent, located primarily in the eastern and northern hemispheres and sharing the continental landmass of Eurasia with the continent of Europe. Asia covers an area of , about 30% of Earth's total land area and 8.7% of the Earth's total surface area. The continent, which has long been home to the majority of the human population, was the site of many of the first civilizations. Asia is notable for not only its overall large size and population, but also dense and large settlements as well as vast barely populated regions within the continent of 4.4 billion people. Nepal, officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal, is a landlocked central Himalayan country in South Asia. It has a population of 26.4 million and is the 93rd largest country by area. Bordering China in the north and India in the south, east, and west, it is the largest sovereign Himalayan state. Nepal does not border Bangladesh, which is located within only 27 km (17 mi) of its southeastern tip. It neither borders Bhutan due to the Indian state of Sikkim being located in between. Nepal has a diverse geography, including fertile plains, subalpine forested hills, and eight of the world's ten tallest mountains, including Mount Everest, the highest point on Earth. Kathmandu is the nation's capital and largest city. It is a multiethnic nation with Nepali as the official language. 
candidates: bagmati zone bhaktapur district central china earth europe hamlet india indian kathmandu kathmandu district kirtipur most nepal northern of river south the valley
answer: kathmandu district