Pipara Simara

Pipara Simara (also Pipra Simra or Simara or Simra; Nepali: पिपरा सिमरा or सिमरा) is a town in Gadhimai Municipality in Bara District in Province No. 2 of south-eastern Nepal. The formerly Village Development Committee was merged to form a new municipality on 18 May 2014. At the time of the 2011 Nepal census it had a population of 23,835 people living in 5,253 individual households.[1]

Simara

पिपरा सिमरा

Jeetpur Simara Sub Metropolitan
Simara
Location in Nepal
Coordinates: 27.16°N 84.97°E / 27.16; 84.97
CountryNepal
ProvinceProvince No. 2
DistrictBara District
Population
 (2011)
  Total23,835
Time zoneUTC+5:45 (Nepal Time)
Area code(s)053-52xxxx

Climate

The highest temperature ever recorded in Simara was 42.8 °C (109.0 °F) on 6 June 1979, while the lowest temperature ever recorded was 1.0 °C (33.8 °F) on 23 January 1985.[2]

Climate data for Simara Airport 130m (1981-2010)
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Average high °C (°F) 21.6
(70.9)
25.5
(77.9)
30.7
(87.3)
34.9
(94.8)
34.9
(94.8)
34.3
(93.7)
32.5
(90.5)
32.7
(90.9)
32.3
(90.1)
31.5
(88.7)
28.7
(83.7)
24.6
(76.3)
30.4
(86.7)
Daily mean °C (°F) 14.6
(58.3)
17.5
(63.5)
22.2
(72.0)
27.0
(80.6)
29.0
(84.2)
29.8
(85.6)
29.0
(84.2)
29.1
(84.4)
28.3
(82.9)
25.7
(78.3)
21.3
(70.3)
17.0
(62.6)
24.2
(75.6)
Average low °C (°F) 7.7
(45.9)
9.5
(49.1)
13.6
(56.5)
19.0
(66.2)
23.1
(73.6)
25.3
(77.5)
25.5
(77.9)
25.5
(77.9)
24.2
(75.6)
20.0
(68.0)
13.9
(57.0)
9.3
(48.7)
18.1
(64.6)
Average precipitation mm (inches) 14.4
(0.57)
14.1
(0.56)
18.4
(0.72)
50.4
(1.98)
130.9
(5.15)
282.0
(11.10)
580.9
(22.87)
439.2
(17.29)
291.9
(11.49)
69.4
(2.73)
5.0
(0.20)
11.2
(0.44)
1,907.8
(75.11)
Source: Department Of Hydrology and Meteorology[3]

Transportation

Simara is connected with Birgunj in the South and with Pathlaiya in the north by the Tribhuvan Highway. Simara Airport was established on 4 July 1958.[4]

Media

To promote local culture, giving peoples news and entertainment, Simara has three FM radio stations. Radio Simara (106 MHz) is a community radio station and a new FM station is going to be on air soon called Radio Samarpan 98.2 MHz which is testing its transmission.

References

  1. "Nepal Census 2001". Nepal's Village Development Committees. Digital Himalaya. Retrieved November 2, 2008.
  2. "EXTREME TEMPERATURES OF MONTH NOVEMBER" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on March 4, 2016. Retrieved February 27, 2016.. Retrieved 27 February 2016.
  3. . Department Of Hydrology and Meteorology Retrieved 26 September 2014.
  4. "simara airport". September 28, 2006. Retrieved December 11, 2013.


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