 Nuwakot, Nuwakot

Nuwakot (नुवाकोट)is a town in Nuwakot district of central region Nepal, located above the Trishuli and Tandi Rivers.It Located just 75 km west of Kathmandu, known as historic town which was the capital of the Valley in the days before the unification of Nepal by Prithvi Narayan Shah, and for more than 1,000 years the hilltop had served as a lookout and fort (kot) guarding the western entrance to Kathmandu Valley.