District of Nepal · Lumbini Province
Dang District: land cover, map and municipalities
Forest land is the largest land cover in Dang District, at 69.6% of its area. Forest covers 69.6% (more than the national 41.4%), farmland 12.2%, rangeland 13.1%, built-up land 4.2%, bare land, rock and snow 0.1% and water 0.9%.
Land cover of Dang District
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| Class | Share (%) | 95% interval | Area (km²) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Urban land | 4.2 | 0.3–8.1 | 128 |
| Agriculture land | 12.2 | 0.0–24.7 | 373 |
| Rangeland | 13.1 | 5.6–20.6 | 400 |
| Forest land | 69.6 | 52.8–86.3 | 2,127 |
| Water | 0.9 | 0.0–2.7 | 27 |
| Barren land | 0.1 | 0.0–0.3 | 3 |
Latest high-resolution imagery (captured 2011–2026, median 2025-11). Estimated from 21 randomly placed 1.2 km sample windows classified by the Nepal-adapted U-Net; intervals are 95% confidence. How it works.
Dang District year by year
Largest changes in the reference map from 2017 to 2025: forest land +9.1 points, rangeland −8.7 points, agriculture land −1.4 points.
Coloured lines: the U-Net on each year's Sentinel-2 cloudless mosaic, with 95% intervals. Grey: the independent 10 m Impact Observatory map at the same sites. Differences of a few points between years can come from how each year's mosaic was processed, and the 2016 and 2018 mosaics are read less reliably (too little built-up land, too much bare land and water); compare from 2019 on.
Municipalities and rural municipalities of Dang District
| Local unit | Area (km²) | Forest % | Farmland % | Built-up % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Babai | 257 | 76.9 | 10.7 | 1.5 |
| Bangalachuli | 245 | 79.0 | 0.3 | 1.0 |
| Dangisharan | 111 | 52.7 | 35.6 | 3.0 |
| Gadhawa | 359 | 71.1 | 13.2 | 2.6 |
| Ghorahi | 522 | 53.0 | 28.9 | 8.3 |
| Lamahi | 327 | 65.9 | 14.4 | 5.1 |
| Rajpur | 577 | 81.1 | 5.8 | 0.8 |
| Rapti | 161 | 63.2 | 18.8 | 8.1 |
| Shantinagar | 116 | 51.7 | 28.5 | 3.7 |
| Tulsipur | 384 | 39.9 | 40.8 | 10.4 |
Local-unit land cover is from the 10 m Impact Observatory map (2025), clipped to each boundary.
Fires in Dang District each year
Satellite fire detections (NASA FIRMS, VIIRS S-NPP) inside Dang District: about 1,870 a year on average, most in 2016 (3,950).
Questions about Dang District
- What is the forest cover of Dang District?
- About 69.6% of Dang District is forest (95% interval 52.8–86.3%), roughly 2,127 km², according to the Nepal-adapted U-Net applied to 21 sample sites. That ranks 9th of 77 districts.
- How much of Dang District is built-up or urban?
- Built-up land covers about 4.2% (128 km²). Dang District ranks 26th of 77 districts for built-up share.
- How big is Dang District?
- Dang District covers 3,059 km² and has 10 local units (municipalities and rural municipalities).
Source: Nepal-adapted U-Net (Khadka & Pradhan 2026) on Esri and EOX Sentinel-2 cloudless imagery; Impact Observatory/Esri 10 m land cover; boundaries: Survey Department of Nepal via OCHA.