Namche Bazaar
Namche Bazaar (also Namche Bazar, Nemche Bazaar or Namche Baza; Nepali: नाम्चे बजार ) is a town (formally Namche Village Development Committee) in Khumbu Pasanglhamu Rural Municipality in Solukhumbu District of Province No. 1 in northeastern Nepal. It is located within the Khumbu area at 3,440 metres (11,286 ft) at its low point, populating the sides of a hill. Most Sherpa in the tourism business hail from the Namche area. Namche is the main trading center and hub for the Khumbu region.
At the 2001 census, it had a population of 1,647 people living in 397 individual households.
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