Syangja District, a part of Gandaki Zone, is one of the seventy-
five districts of Nepal, a landlocked country of South Asia. The
district, with Syangja as its district headquarters, covers an
area of 1,164km² and has a population (2001) of 317,320. The
other main feature of this district is the Siddhartha Highway
named after Gautam Buddha. The highway crosses this district in
the east to Sarketari and in the west to the border Palpa
district, Lumbini Zone. Many different ethnicities of people
live in this district. The major groups consists of Brahmin,
Kshatriya, Gurung, Magar and others. The people are famous for
their unique identity. Brahmin and chetri (Kshatriya) are
renowned by their representation in the governmental jobs and
Indian army respectively. Gurungs and Magars are famous because
of their involvement in British Army Gurkhas and Military of
India. Wild leopards roam free in less developed areas. The
places of Syangja district that keeps their name in history are
Sataoun chandi, Manakamana, Bhirk