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Dhanusha District, alternatively Dhanusha District, ((ネパール語:धनुषा जिल्ला) , a part of Janakpur Zone, is one of the seventy-five districts of Nepal. The district, with Janakpur as its district headquarters, covers an area of 1,180 km² and has a population (2011) of 754,777. During the elections in April 2008, the district was divided in seven constituencies. It is also the home district of the first president of Nepal, Dr. Ram Baran Yadav, who contested and won the elections from constituency 5. As a political center of the region, it has prominent leaders like Bimalendra Nidhi from the Nepali Congress, Anand yadav (Gangaram yadav) from the CPN-UML, and Matrika Yadav from the CPN-Maoist. Janakpur, the headquarters of the district, was rocked by ethnic tension during and following criminal riots in the Tarai, the southern plains of Nepal. Following the riot by bihari immigrants, ( immigrants from bihar, a state in india, Nepal's neighboring country) many Nepalese people fled the district and moved elsewhere, skewing the demography of the district. Dhalkebar, a town on the highway, has a majority of people of Nepalese-origin, while Janakpur has a majority of Bihari people, most of whom recently migrated from the indian state of bihar. The most common language spoken in Dhanusa is Maithali but majority recent immigrants prefer to speak in Hindi because of their indian roots. Among the major places to visit in Dhanusa are its famous temples and lakes, mostly situated in Janakpur. These include the Janaki Temple, Dhanusadham where according to Hindu mythology a part of Shiva's bow that Lord Ram broke is said to have fallen, and the Vivah Mandap where it is believed Ram and Sita were married. A beautiful Mithila Women's Art Center is also a major tourist attraction. Dhanusha district has an airport and the only Railway System of Nepal is also situated here which connects Janakpurdham with an Indian town, Jayanagar. It has several good hotels like Hotel Rama, Hotel Sita Palace including the starred hotel Hotel Welcome.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Registered Star Hotels )〕 It also has the Janakpur Zonal Hospital and several private hospitals. People of Janakpur district are famous in Nepal for being more pro-indians than indian in india. Most Nepalese citizen consider people of Janakpur to be traitors and indian agents. ==Geography and Climate== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Dhanusa District」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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