Lukla

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| settlement_type = Town

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| image_skyline = Lukla and Lukla Airport, Nepal.jpg

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| image_caption = Looking across the township of Lukla, with the air strip of Lukla Airport in the foreground

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| subdivision_type1 = Province

| subdivision_name1 = Province No. 1

| subdivision_type2 = District

| subdivision_name2 = Solukhumbu District

| subdivision_type3 = Rural municipality

| subdivision_name3 = Khumbu Pasanglhamu|

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| timezone = Nepal Time

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| coordinates = {{coord|27|41|20|N|86|43|50|E|region:NP|display=inline,title}}

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| elevation_m = 2,860

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| postal_code = 56010

| area_code = 038

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Lukla ({{langx|ne|लुक्ला}} {{IPA|ne|ˈlukla}}) is a small town in the Khumbu Pasang Lhamu rural municipality of the Solukhumbu District in the Koshi Province of northeastern Nepal. Situated at {{convert|2860|m|ft|0}} above sea level, it is a popular place for visitors to the Himalayas near Mount Everest to arrive. Although Lukla means "place with many goats and sheep", few are found in the area nowadays.

Lukla village holds a small airport serving the region, and a variety of shops and lodges catering to tourists and trekkers, providing western-style meals and trail supplies. From Lukla, travelers need two days to reach the village of Namche Bazaar, an altitude-acclimatization stop for those continuing on.{{cite journal |author1=Muza, SR |author2=Fulco, CS |author3=Cymerman, A |title=Altitude Acclimatization Guide. |journal=US Army Research Inst. Of Environmental Medicine Thermal and Mountain Medicine Division Technical Report |issue=USARIEM–TN–04–05 |year=2004 |url=http://archive.rubicon-foundation.org/7616 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090423042451/http://archive.rubicon-foundation.org/7616 |url-status=usurped |archive-date=April 23, 2009 |accessdate=2009-03-05 }} The airport has a {{convert|527|m|ft|adj=on}} single asphalt runway.{{cite web |last1=Above |first1=The Himalaya |title=Lukla |url=https://abovethehimalaya.com/everest-trek-7-days.html |website=Lukla}}

In August 2014, the Nepalese government announced plans to open the first tarmac road from Kathmandu to Lukla.{{cite news |last1=Wright |first1=Loveday |title=Highway to Everest: infrastructure at the expense of nature? {{!}} Asia {{!}} An in-depth look at news from across the continent |url=https://www.dw.com/en/highway-to-everest-infrastructure-at-the-expense-of-nature/a-17851821 |accessdate=13 November 2020 |work=DW |date=13 August 2014}}