Pipara Simara
{{Infobox settlement
| name = Simara
| other_name = Simra
| native_name = पिपरा सिमरा
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| settlement_type = City of Jitpursimara sub-metropolitan city
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| image_skyline = Pipara Simara, Gadhimai 44400, Nepal - panoramio (13).jpg
| image_caption = Pipara Simara, Gadhimai 44400, Nepal
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| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = Nepal
| subdivision_type1 = Province
| subdivision_name1 = Province No. 2
| subdivision_type2 = District
| subdivision_name2 = Bara District
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| population_total = 23835
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| population_blank1_title = Ethnicities
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| timezone = Nepal Time
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Simara (also Simara or Simra; Nepali: सिमरा) is a rapidly growing city in Jitpursimara sub-metropolitan city in Bara District in Madhesh Province of south-eastern Nepal. The formerly Village Development Committee was merged to form a new municipality Gadhimai Municipality on 18 May 2014. Similarly, on 10 March 2017 Gadhimai Municipality, Inarwasira, Amlekhganj, as well as parts of Manharwa, Haraiya and Rampur Tokani were merged to form new Jitpursimara sub-metropolitan city. Aauraha, Panitanki, Manakamana Tole, Ramban, Narbasti, Bajani,Purwa Tole, etc are the villages in Simara. Auraha and Purwa Tole lie in the east, Bajani in the south, Manakamana Tole in north and Ramban & Narbasti in the west. At the time of the 2011 Nepal census it had a population of 23,835 people living in 5,253 individual households.{{Cite journal| url=http://www.digitalhimalaya.com/collections/nepalcensus/form.php?selection=1|title=Nepal Census 2001|journal=Nepal's Village Development Committees|publisher=Digital Himalaya|accessdate=November 2, 2008 }} But population have increased dramatically in last decade with real state boom and rising numbers of new business in the city so the current population might be estimated as high 40,000 according to local journals.
Climate
The highest temperature ever recorded in Simara was {{convert|42.8|°C}} on 6 June 1979, while the lowest temperature ever recorded was {{convert|1.0|°C}} on 23 January 1985.{{cite web |url=http://www.dhm.gov.np/uploads/climatic/1368567860Ext%20temp%20of%20November.pdf |title=EXTREME TEMPERATURES OF MONTH NOVEMBER |accessdate=2016-02-27 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304201452/http://www.dhm.gov.np/uploads/climatic/1368567860Ext%20temp%20of%20November.pdf |archivedate=March 4, 2016 |df=mdy-all }}. Retrieved 27 February 2016.
{{Weather box
|location = Simara Airport 130m (1991-2020)
|metric first = Yes
|single line = Yes
|Jan high C = 21.1
|Feb high C = 25.8
|Mar high C = 31.0
|Apr high C = 35.1
|May high C = 35.2
|Jun high C = 34.5
|Jul high C = 33.0
|Aug high C = 33.1
|Sep high C = 32.8
|Oct high C = 31.9
|Nov high C = 29.0
|Dec high C = 24.1
| year high C = 30.6
|Jan mean C = 14.4
|Feb mean C = 17.9
|Mar mean C = 22.4
|Apr mean C = 27.2
|May mean C = 29.2
|Jun mean C = 29.9
|Jul mean C = 29.4
|Aug mean C = 29.4
|Sep mean C = 28.6
|Oct mean C = 26.0
|Nov mean C = 21.5
|Dec mean C = 16.8
| year mean C = 24.4
|Jan low C = 7.7
|Feb low C = 9.9
|Mar low C = 13.8
|Apr low C = 19.2
|May low C = 23.2
|Jun low C = 25.3
|Jul low C = 25.7
|Aug low C = 25.6
|Sep low C = 24.4
|Oct low C = 20.1
|Nov low C = 13.9
|Dec low C = 9.5
| year low C = 18.2
|precipitation colour = green
|Jan precipitation mm = 14.1
|Feb precipitation mm = 15.7
|Mar precipitation mm = 17.3
|Apr precipitation mm = 41.8
|May precipitation mm = 135.5
|Jun precipitation mm = 272.1
|Jul precipitation mm = 549.5
|Aug precipitation mm = 422.0
|Sep precipitation mm = 254.8
|Oct precipitation mm = 68.0
|Nov precipitation mm = 4.5
|Dec precipitation mm = 7.7
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| unit precipitation days = 1.0 mm
|Jan precipitation days = 1.7
|Feb precipitation days = 1.8
|Mar precipitation days = 2.0
|Apr precipitation days = 4.1
|May precipitation days = 8.9
|Jun precipitation days = 12.8
|Jul precipitation days = 18.7
|Aug precipitation days = 15.5
|Sep precipitation days = 11.8
|Oct precipitation days = 3.4
|Nov precipitation days = 0.5
|Dec precipitation days = 0.7
|year precipitation days = 81.9
|source 1 = Department of Hydrology and Meteorology{{cite web
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20231014124305/https://nepalindata.com/media/resources/items/0/bPRECIPITATION_NORMAL_MM_1991-2020.pdf
| archive-date = 14 October 2023
| url = https://nepalindata.com/media/resources/items/0/bPRECIPITATION_NORMAL_MM_1991-2020.pdf
| title = PRECIPITATION NORMAL (MM) (1991-2020)
| publisher= Department of Hydrology and Meteorology
| access-date = 14 October 2023}}
|source 2 = World Meteorological Organization{{cite web
| url = https://www.nodc.noaa.gov/archive/arc0216/0253808/1.1/data/0-data/Region-2-WMO-Normals-9120/Nepal/CSV/Simara_44449.csv
| title = World Meteorological Organization Climate Normals for 1991–2020
| publisher = World Meteorological Organization
| access-date = 14 October 2023
| archive-date = 16 October 2023
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20231016133847/https://www.nodc.noaa.gov/archive/arc0216/0253808/1.1/data/0-data/Region-2-WMO-Normals-9120/Nepal/CSV/Simara_44449.csv
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Transportation
Simara is connected with Birgunj in the South and with Pathlaiya in the north by the Tribhuvan Highway. Simara Airport was established on 4 July 1958.{{cite web|first=|title=simara airport|url=http://www.gcmap.com/airport/SIF|accessdate=December 11, 2013|date=September 28, 2006}}
Media
To promote local culture, giving peoples news and entertainment, Simara has three FM radio stations.
Radio Simara (106 MHz) is a community radio station and a new FM station is going to be on air soon called Radio Samarpan 98.2 MHz which is testing its transmission.{{citation needed|date=October 2018}}
References
External links
- [http://www.un.org.np/maps/district-maps/central/Bara.pdf UN map of the municipalities of Bara District]
Category:Populated places in Bara District
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