Tehrathum
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Tehrathum (तेह्रथुम)[1]:
Tehrathum district, a part of Kosi zone, is one of the seventy-five districts of Nepal, a landlocked country of South Asia. The district, with Myanglung as its district headquarters, covers an area of 679 km² and has a population (2001) of 113,111. The word Tehrathum is constructed from thirteen ("tehra") and "thum" (castle or fort). This can be spelled as Terathum, Tehrathum or Terhathum. The town supposedly is the site of one of a series of guard posts once protecting the territory of the Limbus (Limbuwan). Therathum is also locally known as Myanglung, or Myanglung Bazar which is the centre (capital) bazaar of Tehrathum District. [[[Myanglung]]] is onomatopoeic for the sound of a cat meowing and refers to an old tradition of a Hindu temple (still extant) in the town which had a resident cat. The "myang" means cat and "lung" means stone in Limbu (Kirat) language. The story is that the cat (myang) in ancient time, pawed the stone (lung) in anger. The stone still exists in Myanglung Bazaar.
Tehrathum comprises total 32 village development committees (VDC)s. The VDCs are: 1. Jirikhimti (जिरिखिम्ति ) 2. Myanglung (म्याङलुङ ) 3. Saabla (सावला ) 4. Tamfula (तम्फुला) 5. Ambung (आबुङ) 6. Piple (पिप्ले ) 7. Solma (सोल्मा ) 8. Sungnaam (सुङनाम) 9. Basantapur (बसन्तपुर ) 10. Dagpa (दाङपा) 11. Fulek (फुलेक ) 12. Sudap (सुदाप) 13. Angdim (आङदिम) 14 Hamarjung(हमरजुङ) 15. Okhre (ओख्रे ) 16. Panchakanyaapokhari (पञ्चकन्यापोखरी) 17. Jaljale (जलजले) 18 Oyakjung (ओयाक्जुङ ) 19. Simle (सिम्ले ) 20 Chuhandaadaa (चुहानडाँडा) 21 Sankrantibazar (संक्रान्तिवजार ) 22. Thoklung (थोक्लुङ ) 23. Chhatedhunga (छातेढुङ्गा ) 24. Hwaku (हृवाकु) 25. Iwa (इवा ) 26. Ishibu (इसाबु ) 27. Khaamlalung (खम्लालुङ ) 28. Samdu (सम्दु) 29. Morahang (मोराहाङ) 30 Pauthaak (पौथाक) 31. Shreejung (श्रीजुङ्ग) 32. Fakchamaaraa (फाक्चामारा)
