Changunarayan

{{for|the deity|Changu Narayan}}

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|name = Changunarayan

|native_name = चाँगुनारायण

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|settlement_type = Municipality

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|subdivision_name = Nepal

| subdivision_type1 = Province

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| subdivision_name1 = Bagmati

| subdivision_name2 = Bhaktapur

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|leader_title = Mayor

|leader_name = Mr. Jeeven Khatri

|leader_title1 = Deputy Mayor

|leader_name1 = Mr. Ramesh Budhathoki

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|area_total_km2 = 62.98

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|population_total = 55430

|population_as_of = 2011

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|population_blank2 =Hindu

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|timezone = NST

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| website = {{url|http://changunarayanmun.gov.np}}

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Changunarayan ({{langx|ne|चाँगुनारायण}}) is a municipality in Bhaktapur District in the Bagmati province of Nepal and is part of the urban agglomeration of the Kathmandu Valley. The municipality was created through the merger of the former Village development committees: Old-Changunarayan, Chhaling, Duwakot, and Jhaukhel in 2014.{{cite web|title=Govt announces 61 municipalities|url=http://kathmandupost.ekantipur.com/printedition/news/2014-12-02/govt-announces-61-municipalities.html|publisher=The Kathmandu Post|accessdate=1 May 2018|date=2 December 2014}} At the time of the 2011 Nepal census, the predecessors of Changunarayan Municipality had a population of 55,430.{{Cite web|url=http://www.digitalhimalaya.com/collections/nepalcensus/form.php?selection=1 |title=Nepal Census 2001 |work=Nepal's Village Development Committees |publisher=Digital Himalaya |accessdate=2008-08-26 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081012163506/http://www.digitalhimalaya.com/collections/nepalcensus/form.php?selection=1 |archivedate=2008-10-12 }} In 2017, the municipality of Mahamanjushree Nagarkot was merged into Changunarayan.{{cite web|title=नगरकोट नगरपालिका|url=http://www.mahamanjushreenagarkotmun.gov.np|publisher=नेपाल सरकार|accessdate=1 May 2018|language=Nepali}} The municipality is also home to the UNESCO World Heritage Site Changu Narayan temple.