Namche Bazaar

Namche Bazaar (also Nemche Bazaar or Namche Baza; Nepali: नाम्चे बजारlisten ) is a town (formally Namche Village Development Committee) in Khumbu Pasanglhamu Rural Municipality in Solukhumbu District of Province No. 1 of north-eastern Nepal. It is located within the Khumbu area at 3,440 metres (11,286 ft) at its low point, populating the sides of a hill. Most Sherpa who are in the tourism business are from the Namche area. Namche is the main trading center and hub for the Khumbu region with many Nepalese officials, a police check, post, a bank, and even a beauty salon.

This article is about a town in Nepal. For a city in Sikkim, India, see Namchi.
Namche Bazaar

नाम्चे बजार
Neighborhood
Namche Bazaar with Kongde Ri peak in the background.
Namche (ward no. 5) is north-west village of Khumbu Pasanglhamu
Namche Bazaar
Location in Province No. 1
Namche Bazaar
Namche Bazaar (Nepal)
Coordinates: 27°49′N 86°43′E
CountryNepal
ProvinceProvince No. 1
DistrictSolukhumbu District
Rural MunicipalityKhumbu Pasanglhamu
Elevation
3,440 m (11,290 ft)
Population
 (2001)
 • Total1,647
Time zoneUTC+5:45 (NST)
Postal code
56002
Area code(s)038

At the time of the 2001 Nepal census, it had a population of 1,647 people living in 397 individual households.[1]

Geography

Immediately west of Namche is Kongde Ri at 6,187 metres (20,299 ft) and to the east is Thamserku at 6,623 metres (21,729 ft).

Transport

On a hill overlooking Namche Bazaar is the Syangboche Airport (3,750 m / 12,303 ft). It is no longer used for passenger flights, though Russian helicopters make occasional cargo flights. The nearest open airport is Tenzing–Hillary Airport, located 13 km south of the town.

Tourism

Namche Bazaar is popular with trekkers in the Khumbu region, especially for altitude acclimatization, and is the gateway to the high Himalaya. The town has a number of lodgings and stores catering to the needs of visitors as well as a number of internet cafés. There are German bakeries, little cafes, and many restaurants.There is also an Irish Pub, considered to be the remotest Irish Pub in the world.[2] A popular local meal is yak steak.

On Saturday mornings, a weekly market is held in the center of the village. There may also be a daily Tibetmarket where clothing and cheap Chinese consumer goods tend to be the main articles for sale.

Namche has electricity from nearby Thame-Namche small hydropower plant (600 kW), opened in October 1995 near Thame.[3][4][5][6]

Climate

Namche has either a relatively cold dry-winter subtropical highland climate (Köppen climate classification Cwb) or an unusually mild dry-winter warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen climate classification Dwb), depending on if you use the 0°C isotherm or the -3°C isotherm. The city features cool, wet summers and chilly, dry winters mainly affected by its altitude and the summer monsoon season. The average precipitation is 1110 mm, and the average temperature is 6.1°C.

Climate data for Namche Bazaar
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Average high °C (°F) 7
(45)		 6
(43)		 9
(48)		 12
(54)		 14
(57)		 15
(59)		 16
(61)		 16
(61)		 15
(59)		 12
(54)		 9
(48)		 7
(45)		 12
(53)
Average low °C (°F) −8
(18)		 −6
(21)		 −3
(27)		 1
(34)		 4
(39)		 6
(43)		 8
(46)		 8
(46)		 6
(43)		 2
(36)		 −3
(27)		 −6
(21)		 1
(33)
Average precipitation mm (inches) 26
(1.0)		 23
(0.9)		 34
(1.3)		 26
(1.0)		 41
(1.6)		 140
(5.5)		 243
(9.6)		 243
(9.6)		 165
(6.5)		 78
(3.1)		 9
(0.4)		 39
(1.5)		 1,067
(42.0)
Source: thamel.com[7]

Pop culture references

"Namche Bazaar" is the name of a song by Nathan Rogers on his album The Gauntlet. The song was inspired by the mixing of culture along the silk road.


  • Namche Bazaar

References
  1. "Nepal Census 2001". Nepal's Village Development Committees. Digital Himalaya. Retrieved November 14, 2008.
  2. Owen Amos (7 August 2020). "World's remotest Irish bar: 'We will survive Covid'". BBC News.
  3. SMALL HYDROPOWER PLANT NAMCHE BAZAR Archived 2016-11-27 at the Wayback Machine, Posch & Partner GmbH "Project period: 1985 - 1993"
  4. Kleinwasserkraftwerk Thame - Namche Bazar im Sagarmatha Nationalpark
  5. Khumbu Bijuli Company
  6. Small Hydropower Plant Thame-Namche Bazar, Nepal / Energy from the top of the world. Austrian Development Co-operation, ed. Dieter Rachbauer, Eco Himal, 2001
  7. "Climatological Data for Selected Trekking Towns". thamel.com. Retrieved November 13, 2003.
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