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{{Infobox settlement
<!-- Basic info  -->
|name                   = Damak City

|native_name            = दमक सहर
|nickname               = DMK City
|settlement_type        = Municipality
|motto                  = "Green City, Prosperous Damak"
"हरित नगर समृद दमक"
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[[File:Damak Landscape.jpg|300px|thumb]]
|imagesize              = 300px
|image_caption          =Damak Chowk 
|image_flag             =
|image_seal             =
|image_map              = <!-- NepalJhapaDistrictmap.png -->
|mapsize                = 300px
|map_caption            = 
|pushpin_map            = Nepal Province1#Nepal
|pushpin_label_position = bottom
|pushpin_mapsize        = 300
|pushpin_map_caption    = Location in Province No. 1
<!-- Location -->
|subdivision_type       = Country
|subdivision_name       = {{flag|Nepal}}
|subdivision_type1      = Development Region
|subdivision_name1      = Eastern
|subdivision_type2      = [[Provinces of Nepal|Province]]
|subdivision_name2      = [[Province No. 1]]
|subdivision_type3      = [[Zones of Nepal|Zone]]
|subdivision_name3      = [[Mechi Zone]]
|subdivision_type4      = [[Districts of Nepal|District]]
|subdivision_name4      = [[Jhapa District]]
<!-- Politics -->
|government_footnotes   =
|government_type   = 
|leader_title      = [[Mayor]]
|leader_name       = Mr. Romnath Oli ([[Nepal Communist Party|NCP]])
|leader_title1     = [[Deputy Mayor]]
|leader_name1      = Mrs. Gita Adhikari ([[Nepal Communist Party|NCP]])
|established_title      = <!-- Settled -->
|established_date       =
<!-- Area    -->
|unit_pref                =  
|area_footnotes           =
|area_total_km2           = 75.74 
<!-- Population   -->
|population_as_of               = 2011
|population_footnotes           =
|population_note                =
|population_total               = 75743
|population_density_km2         = auto
|population_blank1_title        = Ethnicities
<!-- General information  -->
|timezone               = [[Nepal Standard Time|NST]]
|utc_offset             = +5:45
|timezone_DST           =
|utc_offset_DST         =
|coordinates            = {{coord|26.63|87.70|type:adm2nd_region:NP_source:unmaps-enwiki|display=inline,title}}
|elevation_footnotes    = 
|elevation_m            = 71
<!-- Area/postal codes & others -->
|postal_code_type       = [[Postal code]] 
|postal_code            = 57217
|area_code              = 023
|blank_name             =
|blank_info             =
|website                = [http://damakmun.gov.np damakmun.gov.np]
}}

'''Damak''' ({{lang-ne|दमक}}) is one of the oldest municipalities in [[Jhapa District]] in [[Province No. 1]] of [[Nepal]]. It is between the [[Ratua Khola|Ratuwa River]] in the east and the Maawa River in the west. It is the largest city in Jhapa District as well as [[Mechi Zone]].

==Education==

According to the [[2001 Nepal census]], literacy rate of the city is 88%.<ref>{{Cite web| url=http://www.digitalhimalaya.com/collections/nepalcensus/form.php?selection=28|title=Nepal Census 2001}}</ref>

'''School Data'''
*Primary{{snds}}1038
*Lower Secondary{{snds}}700
*Secondary{{snds}}1408
*Technical School Under CTEVT{{snds}}490
*Higher Secondary{{snds}}1500
*Affiliated Campus{{snds}}9

==References==
{{Reflist|30em}}

==Other websites==
{{commons category|Damak, Jhapa}}
{{official website}}

[[Category:Municipalities of Nepal]]
[[Category:Cities in Nepal]]


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