Khumbu

Khumbu (also known as the Everest Region)

Khumbu's elevation ranges from 3,300 metres (11,000 feet) to the 8,848.86 m (29,032 ft) summit of Mount Everest, the highest place on Earth.[4] The Khumbu region includes both Sagarmatha National Park (above Monju) and the Sagarmatha National Park Buffer Zone, between Lukla and Monju.^[2]

Khumbu is a glacier believed to be the result of the last great Ice Age, ~500,000 years ago.

Lonely Planet has ranked Khumbu region in sixth best region in the world to travel.^[5]

Sherpa clans in Khumbu Region are Salakha, Murminso, Thaktok, Garza, Lhakshindo, Chusherwa or Ngonba , Luakpa or Chawa, Sakhya, Shyango

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  Tenzing Norgay, 1953 who was born in Khumbu region of Solukhumbu District, Nepal
• 
  The

  Kunde, two of the larger villages in the area, with Mount Everest, Lhotse and Ama Dablam

  in the background.
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  Village of Namche Bazaar

Villages in the Khumbu region

• Dingboche
• Kunde
• Khumjung
• Lobuche
• Lukla
• Namche Bazaar
• Tengboche
• Phortse
• Thame
• Thamo
• Pangboche
• Phakding
• Monjo

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