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Chamoli district | |
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     Clockwise from top-left: Badrinath Temple, Valley of Flowers National Park, Bedni Bugyal, Nanda Devi, Hemkund Sahib | |
.svg) Location in Uttarakhand | |
 Chamoli district | |
| Coordinates: 30°25′N 79°20′E / 30.42°N 79.33°E | |
| Country |  India |
| State | Uttarakhand |
| Division | Garhwal |
| Established | 24 February 1960 |
| Headquarters | Chamoli Gopeshwar |
| Tehsils | 12 |
| Government | |
| • District collector | Himanshu Khurana IAS[1] |
| • Lok Sabha constituency | Garhwal |
| • Vidhan Sabha constituencies | Badrinath, Karnaprayag, Tharali(SC) |
| Area | |
• Total | 8,030 km2 (3,100 sq mi) |
| • Rank | I in the state |
| Highest elevation | 7,816 m (25,643 ft) |
| Lowest elevation (Gauchar) | 800 m (2,600 ft) |
| Population | |
• Total | 391,605 |
| • Density | 49/km2 (130/sq mi) |
| Language | |
| • Official | Hindi[2] |
| • Regional | Garhwali[3] |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| Vehicle registration | UK 11 |
| Website | chamoli |
Chamoli district is a district of the Uttarakhand state of India.[4] It is bounded by the Tibet region to the north, and by the Uttarakhand districts of Pithoragarh and Bageshwar to the east, Almora to the south, Pauri Garhwal to the southwest, Rudraprayag to the west, and Uttarkashi to the northwest. The administrative headquarters of Chamoli district is in Gopeshwar.
Chamoli hosts a variety of destinations of pilgrim and tourist interest including Badrinath, Hemkund Sahib (Lokpal tal or lakshman shila - the place of local Deitie)Valley of Flowers. Chipko movement was first started in Chamoli.
Chamoli is also known as the land of Badrinath
And the abode of Himalayan Deitie (Daughter of Himalaya ) Himwant Rishi Maa Nanda ,the culture of Chamoli is based based on Maa Nanda (Raj Rajeshwari or Gaura)
The Unesco heritage Ramman( The Garhwal Theatre ) and the mask dance and Different types of folk stories are soul of Chamoli Garhwal,
But the centre of the culture is Maa Nanda
- ^ "Collectorate | Chamoli District Website | India". Retrieved 29 July 2022.
- ^ "52nd REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONER FOR LINGUISTIC MINORITIES IN INDIA" (PDF). nclm.nic.in. Ministry of Minority Affairs. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 May 2017. Retrieved 9 October 2019.
- ^ "Garhwali". Ethnologue. Retrieved 24 February 2021.
- ^ "Chamoli district at a glance" (PDF).