Rong Rural Municipality

Rong
रोङ गाउँपालिका
Rong
Location in Province No. 1
Rong
Rong (Nepal)
Coordinates: 26°48′N 88°03′E / 26.80°N 88.05°E / 26.80; 88.05
ProvinceProvince No. 1
DistrictIlam
Wards6
Established10 March 2017
SeatKolbung
Government
  TypeVillage Council
  ChairpersonMr. Mani Kumar Sangbo (NC)
  Vice-chairpersonMrs. Bishnu Maya Khawas (CPN-UML)
Area
  Total
155.06 km2 (59.87 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)
  Total
19,135
  Density120/km2 (320/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+5:45 (Nepal Standard Time)
Websiteofficial website

Rong (Nepali: रोङ गाउँपालिका) is a rural municipality out of six rural municipalities located in Ilam District of Province No. 1 of Nepal. There are a total of 10 municipalities in Ilam in which 4 are urban and 6 are rural.

According to Ministry of Federal Affairs and Local Development Rong has an area of 155.06 square kilometres (59.87 sq mi) and the total population of the municipality is 19135 as of Census of Nepal 2011.

Jirmale, Erautar, Kolbung and Shantipur which previously were all separate Village development committee merged to form this new local level body. Fulfilling the requirement of the new Constitution of Nepal 2015, Ministry of Federal Affairs and Local Development replaced all old VDCs and Municipalities into 753 new local level body (Municipality).

The rural municipality is divided into total 6 wards and the headquarter of this newly formed rural municipality is situated in Kolbung.