Phaktanglung Rural Municipality

Phaktanglung rural municipality is a rural municipality situated in northeast part of the Taplehung District. This rural municipality was developed by merging Sawadin Village Development Committee, Khejenim Village Development Committee, Linkhim Village Development Committee, Ekhabu Village Development Committee, Tapethok Village Development Committee, Lelep Village Development Committee and Olangchunggola Village Development Committee. The total area of this Rural Municipality is 1858.51 square kilometers. This rural municipality is divided into seven wards. Ward number one is the area covered by the previous Sawadin Village Development Committee, ward number two is the area covered by previous Khejenim Village Development Committee, ward number three is the area covered by previous Linkhim Village Development Committee, ward number four is the area covered by previous Ekhabu Village Development Committee, ward number five is the area covered by previous Tapethok Village Development Committee, ward number six is the area covered by the previous Lelep Village Development Committee and ward number seven is the area covered by previous Olangchunggola Village Development Committee. This rural municipality is bordered in the east by Sirijanga rural municipality in the west by Mikwakhola rural municipality in the north by China and in the south by the Phungling municipality. This rural municipality has a population of 12017.