Metropolitan city in Bagmati Province, Nepal
Lalitpur
Lalitpur, locally known as Yala, is a metropolitan city and fourth most populous city of Nepal with 299,843 inhabitants living in 77,159 households per the 2021 census.
It is located in the south-central part of Kathmandu Valley, a large valley in the high plateaus in central Nepal, at an altitude of 1,350 metres.
How locals move
Getting around Lalitpur the local way
- Get aroundTaxis, minibuses, and tuk tuks are widely available.
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