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Details for Chitwan

ID9
NameChitwan
TypeplaceName
Notesalso known as Citavana;

a district in the subtropical area in the inner Tarai lowlands of south-central Nepal, part of the Bagmati Province;

a valley lying in the districts of Makwanpur, Parsa, Chitwan and Nawalpur, parts of which were established as the Chitwan National Park in 1974, granted the status of a World Heritage Site in 1984;

wiki:Chitwan_District, wiki:Chitwan_Valley, gnd:4394798-0, viaf:126724905, geonames:1283304.

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Surname
Name XML file Year reliable?
Chitwan Tsum_0001_0016 (c) 1863 (1919 VS) yes
Citavana DNA_0001_0005 1838 (VS 1894) yes
चितवन्‌को DNA_0001_0005 1838 (VS 1894) yes

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