Sunwal

{{Short description|City in Parasi District, Nepal}}

{{Use British English|date=July 2019}}{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2021}}

{{Infobox settlement

| name = Sunwal City

| official_name = Sunwal Municipality

| native_name = {{Native name|ne|सुनवल}}

| settlement_type = Municipal city

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| motto = {{langx|ne|सांस्कृतिक सहर, सुनवल सुन्दर सहर|lit=Cultural City, Sunwal Precious Municipality}}

| pushpin_map = Nepal Lumbini Province#Nepal#Asia

| coordinates = {{coord|27|36|22|N|83|39|38|E}}type:city_region:NP|display=display=title, inline}}

| subdivision_type = Country

| subdivision_name = {{flag|Nepal}}

| subdivision_type1 = Province

| subdivision_name1 = Lumbini

| subdivision_type2 = District

| subdivision_name2 = Nawalparasi (West of Bardaghat Susta) district

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| founder = Golden King

| parts_type = No. of Wards

| parts = 13

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| government_type = Mayor–council government

| governing_body = Sunwal City Municipality Government

| leader_title = Mayor

| leader_name = Bimala Aryal (UML)

| leader_title1 = Deputy mayor

| leader_name1 = Surya Prasad Dubey (UML)

| unit_pref = Metric

| area_total_km2 = 173.50

| area_metro_km2 =

| elevation_m = 131

| population_footnotes = {{cite web |url=https://cbs.gov.np/wp-content/upLoads/2022/01/Final%20Preliminary%20Report%20of%20Census%202021%20Newfinal.pdf |title=praramvik natija janaganana (hindi) preliminary result census (tranl.) - Final Preliminary Report of Census 2021 (en)|website=cbs.gov.np |access-date=22 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220206104652/https://cbs.gov.np/wp-content/upLoads/2022/01/Final%20Preliminary%20Report%20of%20Census%202021%20Newfinal.pdf |archive-date=6 February 2022 |url-status=dead}}

| population_as_of = 2021

| population_total = 72,621

| population_density_km2 = {{density|72621|173.50}}

| population_rank = 27th

| population_metro = 0.11 million

| population_blank1_title = Municipal rank

| population_blank1 = 29th

| timezone1 = Nepal Standard Time

| utc_offset1 = +05:45

| postal_code_type = Postal Code

| postal_code = 33000

| area_code = 078

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| website = {{URL|www.sunwalmun.gov.np}}

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| other_name = Sunawal, Golden Place, Golden Wall

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Sunwal City,{{efn|{{IPAc-en|lang|ˌ|k|æ|t|m|æ|n|ˈ|d|uː|}},{{cite web |url = http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/Kathmandu|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20141115054504/http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/Kathmandu|url-status = dead|archive-date = 15 November 2014|title = Definition of Kathmandu in English |website = Oxford Dictionaries |access-date = 13 June 2022 }} {{Langx|ne|काठमाडौँ}}, {{IPA|ne|ˌkaʈʰmaɳˈɖu|pron}}, Nepal Bhasa: {{Script|Newa|𑐫𑐾𑑃 𑐡𑐾𑐫𑑂}}/ येँ देय्}} officially the Sunwal Municipal City,{{efn|{{Langx|ne|काठमाडौँ महानगरपालिका}}, Nepal Bhasa: {{Script|Newa|𑐫𑐾𑑃 𑐩𑐴𑐵𑐣𑐐𑐬𑐥𑐵𑐮𑐶𑐎𑐵}} / येँ महानगरपालिका}} is the urbanized and the most populous city of Parasi District with 72,621 native inhabitants living in 18,689 households in 2021 and 0.11 million people in its urban agglomeration. It is located in the Lumbini Province at an altitude of {{convert|131|m|ft|abbr=off}}.

The city is one of the oldest continuously inhabited places in Lumbini, founded in the 15th century. The city was historically called the "Sunawal" and has been the home of the Brahmin, Chhetri, Gurung, Magar and Newar people, a cosmopolitan urban civilization in the Himalayan foothills. Today, it runs with the local government of the Nepalese republic, established in 2015, and is part of the Lumbini Province.