Musikot, Western Rukum

{{short description|Municipality in Karnali Province, Nepal}}

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|native_name = मुसिकोट

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नगरपालिका

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|subdivision_name1 = Karnali

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|subdivision_name2 = Western Rukum

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|leader_title = Mayor

|leader_name = Mahendra KC (NC)

|leader_title1 = Deputy Mayor

|leader_name1 = Bimal Kumar Pun Magar (CPN (US))

|established_title = Established

|established_date =2 December 2014

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|area_total_km2 = 136.06

|population_as_of = 2011

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|population_total = 32,939

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|timezone = Nepal Time

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|website = http://musikotmunrukum.gov.np/

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Musikot ({{langx|ne|मुसिकोट}}) is a municipality and the district headquarter of Western Rukum District in Karnali Province of Nepal that was established as Musikot Khalanga on 2 December 2014 by merging the two former Village development committees Musikot and Khalanga.{{cite web|title=Musikot Municipality|url=http://musikotmunrukum.gov.np/|publisher=Government of Nepal|access-date=1 May 2018}}"[http://www.myrepublica.com/portal/index.php?action=news_details&news_id=74336 72 New Municipalities Announced]", Republica, 8 May 2014."[http://www.ekantipur.com/the-kathmandu-post/2014/05/08/news/govt-announces-72-new-municipalities/262559.html Govt Announces 72 New Municipalities] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006084717/http://www.ekantipur.com/the-kathmandu-post/2014/05/08/news/govt-announces-72-new-municipalities/262559.html |date=2014-10-06 }}, The Kathmandu Post, 8 May 2014. From 2014 until 2018, Musikot was called Musikot Khalanga and until 2017 served as the district headquarter of Rukum District. It lies on the bank of Sani Bheri River. It borders with Eastern Rukum in the east, Sanibheri rural municipality in the west, Banfikot rural municipality in the north and Tribeni rural municipality and Rolpa district in the south.{{cite web|title=National Population and Housing Census 2011|url=http://cbs.gov.np/image/data/2017/Population_Ward_Level_753_Local_Unit.pdf|publisher=Central Bureau of Statistics|access-date=1 May 2018|date=November 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180127085017/http://cbs.gov.np/image/data/2017/Population_Ward_Level_753_Local_Unit.pdf|archive-date=27 January 2018|url-status=dead}}

Once a red fort of CPN (Maoist Centre), Musikot is now ruled by Nepali Congress since the year 2022 and Maoists have finally lost both mayoral and deputy mayoral post.{{Cite web |title=मतगणना प्रगतिको विवरण |url=https://result.election.gov.np/LocalElectionResult2079.aspx |access-date=2022-05-20 |website=result.election.gov.np}}{{importance inline}}