abstract:Mustang District, a part of Dhaulagiri Zone, is one of the seventy-five districts of Nepal, a landlocked country of South Asia. The district, with Jomsom as its headquarters, covers an area of 3,573 km² and has a population (2001) of 14,981.
Dug into characteristically reddishcliffsoftheUpperMustang district, the human-madecaveslie at 13, 800 feet (4, 200 meters) above sea level, high above the village of Samdzong