Rukum District(Nepali: रुकुम जिल्ला Listen, is a "hill" and "mountain" district some 280 km west of Kathmandu in Rapti Zone of Nepal's Mid-Western Region. Rukum covers an area of 2,877 km² with population of 188,438 in 2001 and 208,567 in 2011. Musikot (also called Jhumlikhalanga) is the district's administrative center.
Rukum district has many potential tourist attractions that remain unexplored. There is 5,849 meter (19,195 ft.) Mt. Sisne (Nepali: सिस्ने हिमाल), also called virgin mountain. Nobody claims to have conquered this mountain yet. Rukum is also called "the place of 52 lakes and 53 hills". Rukumkot (Nepali: रुकुमकोट） has a beautiful pond called Rukmini Tal or locally Kamal Dhaha. Nearby are notable temples called Barah and Sibalaya, and caves such as Deurali Cave.
Read more about Rukum District: Tourism in Rukum, Geography, Transport, Civil War, Villages Development Committees (VDCs)
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