Simara
पिपरा सिमरा Jitpursimara Sub Metropolitan | |
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Village of Jitpursimara sub-metropolitan city | |
.jpg.webp) Pipara Simara, Gadhimai 44400, Nepal | |
  Simara Location in Nepal | |
| Coordinates: 27°10′N 84°58′E / 27.16°N 84.97°E | |
| Country | Nepal |
| Province | Province No. 2 |
| District | Bara District |
| Population (2011) | |
| • Total | 23,835 |
| Time zone | UTC+5:45 (Nepal Time) |
| Area code | 053-52xxxx |
Pipara Simara (also Pipra Simra or Simara or Simra; Nepali: पिपरा सिमरा or सिमरा) is a town in Jitpursimara sub-metropolitan city in Bara District in Province No. 2 of south-eastern Nepal. The formerly Village Development Committee was merged to form a new municipality Gadhimai Municipality on 18 May 2014. Similarly, on 10 March 2017 Gadhimai Municipality, Inarwasira, Amlekhganj, as well as parts of Manharwa, Haraiya and Rampur Tokani were merged to form new Jitpursimara sub-metropolitan city. Aauraha, Ramban, Narbasti,Bajani etc are the village in Simara.Auraha lies in the east, Bajani in the south, Ramban & Narbasti in the west. At the time of the 2011 Nepal census it had a population of 23,835 people living in 5,253 individual households.[1]
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 |
| Mean daily maximum °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) |
| Mean daily minimum °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
- ↑ "Nepal Census 2001". Nepal's Village Development Committees. Digital Himalaya. Retrieved November 2, 2008.
- ↑ "EXTREME TEMPERATURES OF MONTH NOVEMBER" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on March 4, 2016. Retrieved February 27, 2016.. Retrieved 27 February 2016.
- ↑ . Department Of Hydrology and Meteorology Retrieved 26 September 2014.
- ↑ "simara airport". September 28, 2006. Retrieved December 11, 2013.
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