Daman, Nepal
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Daman is a village in the central part of Nepal
Nepal
Nepal , officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal, is a landlocked sovereign state located in South Asia. It is located in the Himalayas and bordered to the north by the People's Republic of China, and to the south, east, and west by the Republic of India...

, located in the district of Makwanpur
Makwanpur District
Makwanpur District of 392,604. Bhimfedi market of the district was the traditional route to enter Kathmandu valley from the south.-Village Development Committees :*Agara*Ambhanjyang*Bajrabarahi*Basamadi*Betini*Bhaise*Bharta Pundyadevi*Bhimfedi...

. It is halfway between Kathmandu and Hetauda
Hetauda
Hetauda is a town in the Makwanpur District of the Narayani Zone in southern Nepal. It is also the administrative headquarters of the Makwanpur district. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census it had a population of 53,836 people living in 10,420 individual households...

 at 2320m.

Daman on the Tribhuvan Highway
Tribhuvan Highway
The Tribhuvan Highway connects the outskirts of Kathmandu, the capital of Nepal, with Birganj/ Raxaul on the Nepal-India border. NH 28 and NH 28A links Raxaul with Lucknow/ Barauni and other locations in India.-History:...

 has probably the finest view of the Himalayas
Himalayas
The Himalaya Range or Himalaya Mountains Sanskrit: Devanagari: हिमालय, literally "abode of snow"), usually called the Himalayas or Himalaya for short, is a mountain range in Asia, separating the Indian subcontinent from the Tibetan Plateau...

 extending on a good day from Dhaulagiri
Dhaulagiri
Dhaulagiri is Earth's seventh highest mountain at ; one of fourteen over eight thousand metres. Dhaulagiri was first climbed May 13, 1960 by a Swiss/Austrian expedition....

 in the west to Everest
Mount Everest
Mount Everest is the world's highest mountain, with a peak at above sea level. It is located in the Mahalangur section of the Himalayas. The international boundary runs across the precise summit point...

in the east.The Everest Panorama Resort there has a helipad.

Daman is a small village situated at an altitude of 2320 metres and 100 kilometres south-west of Kathmandu,the capital city of Nepal.
The village provides a grandeur view of The Himalayas with Mt. Everest in the east. The village lies on the Tribhuvan Highway, one of the adventerous highayways in Nepal. The village also contains a resort - Panorama Resort, which also has a helipad in its premise. Since the village lies in the outskirt of Kathmandu, it provides a great opportunity for the people residing in Kathmandu to observe its beauty and use for means of recreation. Also, during winter snowfal occurs in the hills which augments the beauty of the village to inexplicable point.
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