Kimathanka

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Kimathanka is a village (previously, a village development committee) in Bhotkhola rural municipality of Sankhuwasabha District of Koshi Province, Nepal and serves as the Nepalese counterpart of the Nepal-China (Tibet autonomous region) border at Zhentang (Chentang). At the time of the 1991 census, it had a population of 303 people living in 50 individual households.{{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=19 November 2008 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081012163506/http://www.digitalhimalaya.com/collections/nepalcensus/form.php?selection=1 |archivedate=12 October 2008 }}

Being among the most remote Himalayan villages of Nepal, Kimathanka is also the end point of the in-progress 362 kilometers long Biratnagar-Khandbari-Kimathanka road called Koshi Highway, which plans to connect the village with the provincial headquarter of Biratnagar and subsequently, with the Indian border town of Jogbani.{{Cite web|url=https://myrepublica.nagariknetwork.com/news/74326/|title=Nepal Army entrusted to build 14km road section of Khadbari-Kimathanka Highway linking China|last=Rana|first=Pratik|website=My Republica|language=en|access-date=2020-01-22}}{{Cite web|url=https://kathmandupost.com/money/2019/05/05/road-to-connect-china-and-india-in-eastern-region-nears-completion|title=Road to connect China and India in Eastern region nears completion|website=kathmandupost.com|language=English|access-date=2020-01-22}} The Arun River runs through the valley below the village. In 2019, road embankment construction on the Chinese side led to fear of potential downstream flooding in Kimathanka.{{Cite web

| title = Chinese construction along the Nepal-Tibet border puts strategic land at risk

| first1 = Anil

| last1 = Giri

| first2 = Dipendra

| last2 = Shakya

| publisher = The Kathmandu Post

| date = 13 January 2019

| access-date = 2 September 2019

| url = https://kathmandupost.com/national/2019/01/13/chinese-construction-along-the-nepal-tibet-border-puts-strategic-land-at-risk-20190113190207

| quote =

}} In November 2020, Prime Minister of Nepal KP Sharma Oli visited Kimathanka inspecting the progress of Koshi Highway and other infrastructure projects in the area.{{Cite web

| title = Koshi highway connecting Nepal, China and India soon: PM Oli

| publisher = South Asian Monitor

| date = November 12, 2020

| access-date = 22 November 2020

| url = https://southasianmonitor.net/en/nepal/koshi-highway-connecting-nepal-china-and-india-soon-pm-oli

| quote =Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli carried out an onsite visit of Kimathanka border point and North-South highway on Wednesday. On the occasion, he expressed his confidence that India and China would be connected with each other soon.

}}{{Cite web

| title = PM Oli to visit Kimathanka on Wednesday

| author =

| publisher = Khabarhub

| date = November 10, 2020

| access-date = 22 November 2020

| url = https://english.khabarhub.com/2020/10/141054/

| quote = Prime Minister’s Press Adviser Surya Thapa said that Prime Minister Oli is visiting Kimathanka to inspect various projects including the Koshi Corridor.}}