Pokhara

Pokhara Lekhnath Metropolitan City
पोखरा लेखनाथ महानगरपालिका
Metropolitan City

Top: View of the Annapurna Range from Pokhara; Centre: Panorama of Pokhara; Bottom from left: Pokhara Valley, the Talbarahi Mandir in Phewa Tal, World Peace Pagoda in Pokhara.
Motto: Clean Pokhara, Green Pokhara
Pokhara Lekhnath Metropolitan City

Location in Nepal

Coordinates: 28°15′50″N 83°58′20″E / 28.26389°N 83.97222°E / 28.26389; 83.97222Coordinates: 28°15′50″N 83°58′20″E / 28.26389°N 83.97222°E / 28.26389; 83.97222
Country Nepal
Province Province No. 4
Zone Gandaki Zone
District Kaski District
Incorporated 1962
Government
 • Type Mayor–council government
 • Mayor Man Bahadur GC
 • Deputy Mayor Manju Gurung
Area
 • Total 464.24 km2 (179.24 sq mi)
 • Water 4.4 km2 (1.7 sq mi)
Highest elevation 1,740 m (5,710 ft)
Lowest elevation 827 m (2,713 ft)
Population (2011 (last census))
 • Total 414,141
 • Density 892.1/km2 (2,311/sq mi)
 • Ethnicities Gurung, Bahun, Chhetri, Khas Nepali, Magar, Newar,
 • Religions Hinduism, Buddhism
Time zone NST (UTC+5:45)
Postal Code 33700 (WRPD), 33702, 33704, 33706, 33708, 33713
Area code(s) 061
Website pokharamun.gov.np

Pokhara Lekhnath (Nepali: पोखरा लेखनाथ) is a metropolis and the largest city of Nepal in terms of area. It is the provincial capital of Province number 4, headquarter of Gandaki Zone and Kaski District. It is located 200 kilometres (120 miles) west of the capital Kathmandu. Occupying an area of 464.24 km2, it is nine times larger than Kathmandu, 18 times larger than Lalitpur and 2.5 times larger than Bharatpur.The altitude varies from 827 metres (2,713 feet) in the southern part to 1,740 metres (5,710 feet) in the north.[1] The Annapurna Range with three of the ten highest mountains in the world — Dhaulagiri, Annapurna I and Manaslu — is within 15 – 35 miles of the valley.[2][3] Due to its proximity to the Annapurna mountain range, the city is a base for trekkers undertaking the Annapurna Circuit through the Annapurna Conservation Area region[4] of the Annapurna ranges in the Himalayas.

Phewa Lake in Pokhara. Boating at Phewa Lake is one of the popular tourist activities.

Pokhara Lekhnath is home to many Gurkha soldiers and Anita. It is the most expensive city in the country, with a cost-of-living index of 150, and the most expensive place in Nepal after Namche Bazaar. In terms of population, and is often referred to as the tourism capital of Nepal.

Geography

Pokhara is in the northwestern corner of the Pokhara Valley,[5] which is a widening of the Seti Gandaki valley that lies in the midland region (Pahad) of the Himalayas. In this region the mountains rise very quickly,[6] and within 30 kilometres (19 miles), the elevation rises from 1,000 to 7,500 metres (3,300 to 24,600 feet). As a result of this sharp rise in altitude the area of Pokhara has one of the highest precipitation rates in the country (3,350 mm/year or 131 inches/year in the valley to 5600 mm/year or 222 inches/year in Lumle).[7] Even within the city there is a noticeable difference in rainfall between the south and the north: The northern part at the foothills of the mountains experiences a proportionally higher amount of precipitation.

The Seti Gandaki is the main river flowing through the city.[8] The Seti Gandaki (White River) and its tributaries have created several gorges and canyons in and around Pokhara that give intriguingly long sections of terrace features to the city and surrounding areas. These long sections of terraces are interrupted by gorges that are hundreds of metres deep.[9] The Seti gorge runs through Pokhara from north to south and then west to east; at places these gorges are only a few metres wide. In the north and south, the canyons are wider.[10]

In the south, the city borders Phewa Tal (4.4 km2) at an elevation of about 827 metres (2,713 feet) above sea level, while Lumle at 1,740 metres (5,710 feet) in the north touches the base of the Annapurna mountain range. Pokhara, the city of lakes, is the second largest city of Nepal after Kathmandu. Three 8,000-metre (26,000-foot) peaks (Dhaulagiri, Annapurna, Manaslu) can be seen from the city.[11] The Machhapuchchhre (Fishtail) with an elevation of 6,993 metres (22,943 feet) is the closest to the city.[12]

The porous underground of the Pokhara valley favours the formation of caves and several caves can be found within city limits. In the south of the city, a tributary of the Seti flowing out of the Phewa Lake disappears at Patale Chhango (पाताले छाँगो, Nepali for Hell's Falls, also called Davis Falls, after someone who supposedly fell in) into an underground gorge, to reappear 500 metres (1,600 feet) further south.[13][14] To the southeast of Pokhara is the municipality of Lekhnath, a recently established town in the Pokhara valley, home to Begnas Lake.[15]

Climate

The city has a humid subtropical climate; however, the elevation keeps temperatures moderate. Temperatures in summer average between 25 and 35 °C; in winter around - 2 to 15 °C. Pokhara and nearby areas receive a high amount of precipitation. Lumle, 25 miles from Pokhara city center, receives the highest amount of rainfall (> 5600 mm/year or 222 inches/year) in the country.[16] Snowfall is not observed in the valley, but surrounding hills experience occasional snowfall in the winter. Summers are humid and mild; most precipitation occurs during the monsoon season (July - September). Winter and spring skies are generally clear and sunny.[17] The highest temperature ever recorded in Pokhara was 38.5 °C (101.3 °F) on 4 May 2013, while the lowest temperature ever recorded was 0.5 °C (32.9 °F) on 13 January 2012 .[18]

Climate data for Pokhara (1981-2010)
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Average high °C (°F) 19.7
(67.5)		 22.2
(72)		 26.7
(80.1)		 29.8
(85.6)		 30.1
(86.2)		 30.6
(87.1)		 30.0
(86)		 30.2
(86.4)		 29.3
(84.7)		 27.5
(81.5)		 24.1
(75.4)		 20.7
(69.3)		 26.7
(80.1)
Daily mean °C (°F) 13.4
(56.1)		 15.7
(60.3)		 19.8
(67.6)		 22.8
(73)		 24.3
(75.7)		 25.8
(78.4)		 26.0
(78.8)		 26.1
(79)		 25.1
(77.2)		 22.1
(71.8)		 18.0
(64.4)		 14.4
(57.9)		 21.1
(70)
Average low °C (°F) 7.1
(44.8)		 9.2
(48.6)		 12.8
(55)		 15.7
(60.3)		 18.4
(65.1)		 20.9
(69.6)		 22.0
(71.6)		 22.0
(71.6)		 20.8
(69.4)		 16.7
(62.1)		 11.9
(53.4)		 8
(46)		 15.5
(59.9)
Average precipitation mm (inches) 23
(0.91)		 35
(1.38)		 60
(2.36)		 128
(5.04)		 359
(14.13)		 669
(26.34)		 940
(37.01)		 866
(34.09)		 641
(25.24)		 140
(5.51)		 18
(0.71)		 22
(0.87)		 3,901
(153.58)
Source: Sistema de Clasificación Bioclimática Mundial[19]

History

Phewa lake in 1982

Pokhara lies on an important old trading route between China and India. In the 17th  century it was part of the Kingdom of Kaski which was one of the Chaubise Rajya (24 Kingdoms of Nepal, चौबिसे राज्य) ruled by a branch of the Shah Dynasty. Many of the hills around Pokhara still have medieval ruins from this time. In 1786 Prithvi Narayan Shah added Pokhara into his kingdom. It had by then become an important trading place on the routes from Kathmandu to Jumla and from India to Tibet.[20]

Pokhara was envisioned as a commercial center by the King of Kaski in the mid 18th century A.D.[21] when Newars of Bhaktapur migrated to Pokhara, upon being invited by the king, and settled near main business locations such as Bindhyabasini temple, Nalakomukh and Bhairab Tole. Most of Pokhara, at the time, was largely inhabited by Khas[22] (Brahmin, Chhetri, Thakuri and Dalits), the major communities were located in Parsyang, Malepatan, Pardi and Harichowk areas of modern Pokhara and the Majhi community near the Phewa Lake.[23] The establishment of a British recruitment camp brought larger Magar and Gurung communities to Pokhara.[24] At present the Khas, Gurung (Tamu) and Magar form the dominant community of Pokhara. There is also a sizeable Newari population in the city.[25] A small Muslim community is located on eastern fringes of Pokhara generally called Miya Patan. Batulechaur in the far north of Pokhara is home to the Gandharvas or Gaaineys (the tribe of the musicians).[26]

The nearby hill villages around Pokhara are a mixed community of Khas and Gurung.[27] Small Magar communities are also present mostly in the southern outlying hills. Newar community is almost non-existent in the villages of outlying hills outside the Pokhara city limits.

From 1959 to 1962 approximately 300,000 exiles entered Nepal from neighbouring Tibet following its annexation by China. Most of the Tibetan exiles then sought asylum in Dharamshala and other Tibetan exile communities in India. According to UNHCR, since 1989, approximately 2500 Tibetans cross the border into Nepal each year,[28] many of whom arrive in Pokhara typically as a transit to Tibetan exile communities in India. About 50,000 - 60,000 Tibetan exiles reside in Nepal, and approximately 20,000 of the exiled Tibetans live in one of the 12 consolidated camps, 8 in Kathmandu and 4 in and around Pokhara. The four Tibetan settlements in Pokhara are Jampaling, Paljorling, Tashi Ling, and Tashi Palkhel. These camps have evolved into well-built settlements, each with a gompa (Buddhist monastery), chorten and its particular architecture, and Tibetans have become a visible minority in the city.[29]

Until the end of the 1960s the town was only accessible by foot and it was considered even more a mystical place than Kathmandu. The first road was completed in 1968 (Siddhartha Highway)[30] after which tourism set in and the city grew rapidly.[31] The area along the Phewa lake, called Lake Side, has developed into one of the major tourism hubs of Nepal.[32]

Temples and Gumbas

World peace pagoda
Radhakrishna Temple, Bindhyabasini, Pokhara
Bindhyabasini Temple in the evening

There are numerous temples and gumbas in and around pokhara valley. Many temples serve as combined places of worship for Hindus and Buddhists.[33][34] Some of the popular temples and gumbas are:

Location

Machhapuchhre (Fishtail) mountain, (6,993 m) from Sarangkot

The municipality of Pokhara spans 12 kilometres (7.5 miles) from north to south and 6 kilometres (3.7 miles) from east to west but, unlike the capital Kathmandu, it is quite loosely built up and still has much green space.[36] The valley is approximately divided into four to Six parts by the rivers Seti, Bijayapur, Bagadi, Phusre and Hemja. The Seti Gandaki flowing through the city from north to south divides the city roughly in two halves with the business area of Chipledunga in the middle, the old town centre of Bagar in the north and the tourist district of Lakeside (Baidam) to the south all lying on the western side of the river.[37] The gorge through which the river flows is crossed at five places: K.I. Singh Pul, Mahendra Pul and Prithvi Highway Pul from north to south of the city. The floor of the valley is plain, resembles Terai due to its gravel-like surface, and has slanted orientation from northwest to southeast. The city is surrounded by the hills[38] overlooking the entire valley.

Phewa Lake was slightly enlarged by damming which poses a risk of silting up due of the inflow during the monsoon.[39] The outflowing water is partially used for hydropower generation.[40] The dam collapsed in 1974 which resulted in draining of its water and exposing the land leading to illegal land encroachment; since then the dam has been rebuilt.[41] The power plant is about 100 metres (330 feet) below at the bottom of the Phusre Khola gorge. Water from Phewa is diverted for irrigation into the southern Pokhara valley. The eastern Pokhara Valley receives irrigation water through a canal running from a reservoir by the Seti in the north of the city. Some parts of Phewa lake are used as commercial cage fisheries. The lake is currently being encroached upon by invasive water hyacinth (जलकुम्भी झार).[42]

In 2017, Pokhara Lekhnath Metropolitan City has become the country’s largest municipality by area, occupying 464.24 km2—nine times larger than Kathmandu, 18 times larger than Lalitpur and 2.5 times larger than Bharatpur—Pokhara Lekhnath Metropolitan City includes Chapakot, Mauja, Puranchaur and Kaskikot VDCs; wards 3 and 9 of Bhadaure Tamagi VDC; 1, 4 and 9 wards of Majhthana VDC; and wards 1 and 5 of Kalila VDC. The metropolis has been divided into 33 wards, and its current population stands at 413,397. http://kathmandupost.ekantipur.com/news/2017-03-13/pokhara-lekhnath-becomes-largest-metropolitan-city.html

Pokhara Lekhnath Wards
Ward No Administrative Ward Population (2011 Census)
1 Bagar 15,513
2 Miruwa 8,729
3 Nadipur 9,462
4 Gairapatan 9,119
5 Malepatan 14,803
6 Baidam 14,729
7 Masbar 12,875
8 Srijanachok 26,080
9 Naya Bazar 16,626
10 Ram Bazar 18,470
11 Ranipauwa 12,338
12 Bajhapatan 11,613
13 Gaudakomukh 13,154
14 Majheripatan 6,427
15 Dhungesanghu 17,027
16 Lamachaur 14,950
17 Pardi Birauta 26,752
18 Chhinedanda 6,798
19 Lamachaur 7,027
20 Bhalam 2,623
21 Kahun 2,378
22 Aarba Bijaya 3,923
23 Nirmalpokhari 4,027
24 Kaskikot
25 Pumdi Bhumdi 7,391
26 Sarangkot 8,354
27 Hemja 12,262
28 Armala 5,328
VDC 1 Chapakot 2,637
VDC 2 Puranchaur 3,370
VDC 3 Mauja 1,399
VDC 4 Kaskikot 5,892
VDC 5 Lekhnath 58,816
Total 414,141

Pokhara is known to be a popular tourist destination.[43][44] The tourist district is along the north shore of the Phewa lake (Baidam, Lakeside and Damside). It is mainly made up of small shops, non-star tourist hotels, restaurants and bars. Most upscale and starred hotels are on the southern shore of the Phewa Lake and southeastern fringes of the city where there are more open lands and unhindered view of the surrounding mountains. Most of the tourists visiting Pokhara trek to the Annapurna Base Camp and Mustang. To the east of the Pokhara valley, in Lekhnath municipality, there are seven smaller lakes such as Begnas Lake, Rupa Lake, Khaste lake, Maidi lake, Neureni lake, Dipang lake. Begnas Lake is known for its fishery projects.[45]

Purano Bazar, Nalakomukh, Pokhara, Nepal

Tourism and economy

View of Phewa lake and Pokhara from Shanti Stupa
International Mountain Museum at Ratopahiro, Pokhara
Mount Machapuchare (Mt. Fishtail) seen from Chomrong, Kaski, Nepal. Elevation:6,993 metres (22,943 feet), prominence:1,233 metres (4,045 feet)
View from Sarangkot towards Annapurna Conservation Area

After the occupation of Tibet by China in 1950 and the Indo-China war in 1962, the old trading route to India from Tibet through Pokhara became defunct. Today only a few caravans from Mustang arrive in Bagar.

In recent decades, Pokhara has become a major tourist destination: It is considered the tourism capital of Nepal[46] in South Asia mainly for adventure tourism and the base for the famous Annapurna Circuit trek. Thus, a major contribution to the local economy comes from the tourism and hospitalities industry. Many tourists visit Pokhara. Tourism is a major source of income for local people and the city.[47] There are two 5-star hotels and approximately 305 other hotels that includes five 3-star, fifteen 2-star and non-star hotels in the city.[48]

Many medieval era temples (Barahi temple, Bindhyabasini, Bhadrakali, Talbarahi, Guheshwori, Sitaldevi, Gita mandir temple, Bhimsen temple) and old Newari houses are part of the city (Bagar, Bindhyabasini, Bhadrakali, Bhairab Tol, etc.). The modern commercial city centres are at Chipledhunga, New Road, Prithvi Chowk and Mahendrapul (recently renamed as Bhimsen Chowk).

The city promotes two major hilltops as viewpoints to see the city and surrounding panorama, World Peace Pagoda built in 1996 across the southern shore of Phewa lake and Sarangkot which is northwest of the city. In February 2004, International Mountain Museum (IMM)[49] was opened for public in Ratopahiro to boost the city's tourism attractions. Other museums are Pokhara Regional Museum; an ethnographic museum; Annapurna Natural History Museum[50] which houses preserved specimens of flora and fauna, and contains particularly extensive collection of the butterflies, found in the Western and ACAP region of Nepal; and Gurkha Museum featuring history of the Gurkha soldiers.[51]

The city has recently been adorned with a bungee jumping site (the second in Nepal): Water Touch Bunjee Jumping.[52] A cable car service has begun construction joining Fewa Lake with World Peace Stupa led by the government of Nepal which is expected to boost the tourism exponentially.[53]

Since the 1990s Pokhara has experienced rapid urbanization. As a result, service-sector industries have increasingly contributed to the local economy[54] overtaking the traditional agriculture. An effect of urbanization is seen in high real estate prices, among the highest in the country.[55][56] The major contributors to the economy of Pokhara are manufacturing and service sector including tourism; agriculture and the foreign and domestic remittances. Tourism, service sector and manufacturing contributes approximately 58% to the economy, remittances about 20% and agriculture nearly 16%.[57]

Arrivals

Year Number of international tourists
arriving in Pokhara[58]		 %
Year Foreign
tourists 		% Change from
previous year
1995 363,395 -
1996 393,613 8.3
1997 421,857 7.2
1998 463,684 9.9
1999 491,504 6.0
2000 463,646 -5.7
2001 77,853 -84
2002 68,056 -23.7
2003 85,529 22.7
2004 87,693 13.9
2005 74,012
2006 94,799
2007 165,177 74
2008 186,643
2009 203,527[59] 5
2010 230,799[60] 13.39
2011 [61]
2012 [58]
2013 [62]

Hotels and lodges

There are more than 250[63] tourist category hotels and lodges in Pokhara of which two (the Fulbari Resort and Pokhara Grande) are ranked 5-star. Pokhara provides lodging and fooding from backpackers to deluxe ranges.

Trekking agencies

Pokhara is the major tourism Hub in Nepal. Tourism plays a vital role in Pokhara since thousands of tourists visit Pokhara every year and majority of people are involved in the tourism sector. There are many trekking agencies in Pokhara that provide several trekking programs and itineraries for the tourists. Some of the major trekking regions are Annapurna region, Everest region, Langtang region, Manaslu region, Rara/Jumla region and Kanchanjanga/ Makalu region. One of the oldest trekking agencies in Pokhara is Sisne Rover Trekking located in Lakeside that has been serving its customers since 25 years. Similarly, many other trekking agencies are available to help make the trekking experience remarkable and enjoyable.

Military

Pokhara region has a very strong military traditions with significant number of its men being employed by the Nepali army.[64] The Western Division HQ[65] of the Nepalese Army is stationed at Bijayapur, Pokhara and its Area of Responsibility (AOR) consists of the entire Western Development Region of Nepal. The AOR of this Division is 29,398 km2 and a total of 16 districts are under the Division. The population of the AOR of Western Division is 4,571,013. Both British Army and the Indian Army have regional recruitment and pensioners facilitation camps in Pokhara. The British Gurkha Camp[66] is located at Deep Heights in the northeast of the Pokhara city and the Indian Gorkha Pension Camp[67] is in the south-western side of the city, Rambazar.

Education

Pokhara has more than one hundred private and public high schools. Most private schools are referred as boarding schools. There several institutions of higher learning up to doctorate level in social sciences, business and science and technology.

1. Gandaki Regional Hospital 2. Manipal Teaching Hospital 3. Phewa City Hospital

Non-governmental organizations

Transportation

Public transit

Pokhara has extensive privately operated public transportation system running throughout the city, adjoining townships and nearby villages. The public transport mainly consists of local and city buses, micros, micro-buses and metered-taxis.[74]

Intercity connections

Pokhara is well connected to rest of the country through permanent road and air links. The main mode of transportation are public buses and the Purano Bus Park is the main hub for buses plying country wide. The all-season Pokhara Airport with regular flights to Kathmandu, Mustang are operated by various domestic and a few international airlines. A new international airport is being constructed in the southeast of the city.[75] Flight duration from Kathmandu to Pokhara is approximately 30 minutes.[76]

Rivers and lakes

Barahi Island Temple, Phewa Lake (फेवा ताल), Pokhara
One of the many gorges formed by the Seti Gandaki River in Pokhara

Pokhara valley is rich in water sources. The major bodies of water in and around Pokhara are:[77][78]

Lakes

Rivers

Sports

Paragliders over Phewa Lake, Pokhara
Rangasala, Pokhara

The sporting activities are mainly centered in the multipurpose stadium Pokhara Rangasala (or Annapurna Stadium) in Rambazar. The popular sports are football, cricket, volleyball, basketball etc. The Sahara Club is one of the most active organizations promoting football in the city and organizes a South Asian club-level annual tournament: the Aaha Gold Cup.[79] Additionally, the Kaski District Football Association (KDFA) organizes Safal Pokhara Gold Cup,[80] which is also a South Asian club-level tournament and ANFA organizes local Kaski district club-level Balram KC memorial football tournament.[81] B-13, Sangam & LG are the power house Football club in Pokhara. There are several tennis courts and a golf course[82] in the city. Nearby Sarangkot hill has developed as a good attraction for adventure activities such as paragliding[83] and skydiving.[84] The Pokhara city marathon, high altitude marathon are some activities attracting mass participation.[85] Adventure sports such as base jumping, paragliding, canyoning, rock climbing, bungee jumping, etc. are targeted towards tourists.[86][87][88]

Himalayan vulture in Pokhara
Egyptian vulture in Pokhara

Music

The universal instruments used in Nepalese music include the madal (small leather drum), bansuri (bamboo flute), and saarangi. These instruments are prominent features of the traditional folk music (lok gít or lok geet) in Pokhara, which is actually the western (Gandaki, Dhaulagiri and Lumbini) branch of Nepali lok geet. Some examples of the music of this region are Resham Firiri (रेशम फिरिरी)[89] and Khyalee Tune (ख्याली धुन).[90] The lok geet started airing in Radio Nepal during the 1950s and artists such as Jhalakman Gandharva, Dharma Raj Thapa are considered pioneers in bringing the lok git into mass media. During early and late 1990s, bands from Pokhara like Nepathya started their very successful fusion of western rock and pop with traditional folk music.[91] Since then several other musical groups in Nepal have adopted the lok-pop/rock style producing dozens of albums every year. Another important part of cultural music of western Nepal, and hence Pokhara, is the Panché Baaja (पञ्चे बाजा), a traditional musical band performed generally during marriage ceremonies by the damaai musicians.[92] The musical culture in Pokhara is quite dynamic and in recent years, Western rock and roll, pop, rap and hip-hop are becoming increasingly popular with frequently held musical concerts; however, the traditional lok and modern (semiclassical) Nepali music are predominantly favored by the general populace. More musical concerts are held in Pokhara than in any other city in the country.[93][94]

Pokhara night view

Media and communications

Media and communication were quite limited until the 1990s.[95] However, in the following decade there has been a proliferation of private media in print, radio and television. There are 18 privately owned local FM stations in Pokhara valley; 102.6- Radio Apostle 93.4 - Annapurna 94.6- 3 angels 90.6 janani 91.0 - macchhapucchhre 91.8 - entertainment 93.8 - sarangi 99.2 - barahai 100.0 - radio Nepal 104.6 sarangkot 106.6 - lekhnath 95.4 - mega 101.2 - big 101.8 - kantipur 102.2 - Safalta 88.2 - national 105.6 - city 107.6- taranga

An additional 4 FM stations from Kathmandu have their relay broadcast stations in Pokhara, making a total of 22 FM stations.[96] Among them there are six Community radio Stations, They are Himchuli FM - 92.2 MHz, Gorkhali Radio -106 MHz, Samudayik, Radio Sunaulo F.M - 107.2 MHz and Radio Gandaki 90.2 MHZ, Radio Hemja 88.5 MHz. There are four local television stations: GoldenEye Television, Pokhara Television, Gandaki Television and fewa television. Approximately 14 national daily newspapers, in Nepali are published in the city[97][98][99] along with several other weekly and monthly news magazines. All major national newspapers published in Kathmandu have distributions in Pokhara. A number of online news portals are also updated from Pokhara. Recentfusion.com, Safalnews.com, Citypokhara.com, Mainkhabar.com, Ganthan.com, Peacepokhara.com, Barahinews.com, Pokharanews.com are some of them. Some entertainment-based websites are also based in Pokhara.[100][101] Popular technology based web-magazine TechSansar also started from Pokhara city.[102] Pokhara has got 4G network of Nepal Telecom and 3G network of Ncell. Majority of the people in the city access internet through mobiles, numerous cyber cafes and local wireless ISPs. Most tourist restaurants and hotels also provide WiFi services. Wi-Fi hotspot by Nepal Telecom using Wi-MAX technology,[103] started in Feb. 2014, is accessible in most parts of the city for a fee.[104][105] Subscriber based internet is provided by several private ISP providers in Pokhara namely Worldlink, Pokhara Internet, Subisu, Websurfer, Radius Communication.[106]

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