Gauriganj, Nepal
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{{Infobox settlement
| name = Gauriganj
| official_name = Gauriganj Gaunpalika
| native_name = {{lang|ne|गौरिगञ्ज}}
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| pushpin_map = Nepal Province1#Nepal
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| pushpin_label_position = top
| pushpin_mapsize = 280
| pushpin_map_caption = Location of Biratnagar in Province No. 1
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| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = {{NPL}}
| subdivision_type1 = Province
| subdivision_type2 = District
| subdivision_name1 = Province No. 1
| subdivision_name2 = Jhapa
| established_title = Incorporated
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| government_type = Local Government
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| leader_title = Chairperson
| leader_name = Fulwati Rajbanshi (NC){{cite web|title=गौरिगञ्ज गाउँपालिका गृहपृष्ठ|url=http://www.gaurigunjmun.gov.np/|publisher=गौरिगञ्ज गाउँपालिका|access-date=2018-10-28|archive-date=2021-01-23|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210123083702/https://gaurigunjmun.gov.np/|url-status=live}}
| leader_title1 = Vice-Chairperson
| leader_name1 = Pujan Neupane (CON-UML)
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| area_total_km2 = 101.35
| elevation_footnotes =
| elevation_m = 80
| population_total = 36145
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| population_density_km2 = auto
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| population_density_metro_km2 = auto
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| demographics_type1 = Languages
| demographics1_title1 = Official
| postal_code_type = Postal code
| postal_code = 57200
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| website = [https://gaurigunjmun.gov.np/]
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| demographics1_info1 = Nepali
| demographics1_title2 = Local
| demographics1_info2 = Rajbanshi, surjapuri, Hindi
| timezone = NST
| utc_offset = +5:45
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| parts_type = Wards
| parts = 6
| established_title1 = Upgraded to sub-metropolitan city
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Gauriganj ({{langx|ne|गौरिगञ्ज}}) is a village and village development committee in the southwest corner of Jhapa District in the Mechi Zone of southeastern Nepal.{{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=24 November 2008 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081012163506/http://www.digitalhimalaya.com/collections/nepalcensus/form.php?selection=1 |archivedate=12 October 2008 |url-status=dead }} It is in a flat agricultural district in the extreme southeast of Nepal, between Kadamgachhi, Hukkagachhi and Bhavanipur, only about 3 km from the border with Bihar, India.
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{{Geographic location
|Centre = Biratnagar
|North = Budhiganga and Gramthan
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|South = Jogbani, (Araria, Bihar) {{flag|India}}
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{{Morang District}}
{{Municipalities of Koshi Province}}
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Category:Populated places in Morang District
Category:Populated places in Mithila, Nepal
Category:Transit and customs posts along the India–Nepal border
Category:Municipalities in Koshi Province
Category:Nepal municipalities established in 1953