Susta (Nepali: सुस्ता) is a rural municipality located in Parasi District of Lumbini Province of Nepal.[1]

Susta सुस्ता
Rural municipality
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Coordinates: 27.45°N 83.86°E / 27.45; 83.86
Country	Nepal
Province	Lumbini Province
District	Parasi
No. of wards	5
Established	10 March 2017
Government
• Type	Rural council
• Chairperson	Mr. Ram Prasad Pandey
• Vice-chairperson	Mrs. Indra Kumari Tharuni
Area
• Total	91.24 km2 (35.23 sq mi)
Population  (2011)
• Total	35,890
• Density	390/km2 (1,000/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+5:45 (NST)
Headquarters	Kudiya
Website	sustamun.gov.np

The total area of the rural municipality is 91.24 square kilometres (35.23 sq mi) and the total population of the rural municipality as of 2011 Nepal census is 35,890 individuals. The rural municipality is divided into total 5 wards.[2][3]

The rural municipality was established on 10 March 2017, fulfilling the requirement of the new constitution of Nepal in 2015, all old municipalities and villages (which were more than 3900 in number) were restructured into 753 new units, thus this RM came into existence.[4][5][6]

Kudiya, a portion of Tribenisusta, a big portion of Rupauliya, Narsahi and Pakalihawa Village development committees were incorporated to form this new rural municipality. The headquarters of the municipality is situated at Kudiya.[2][7]

Background

The rural municipality was established on 10 March 2017 as named Tribenisusta and it was part of Gandaki Province under Nawalpur District.[7] the area of this municipality was 112.17 square kilometres (43.31 sq mi) and it had population of 43,797 individuals.[2] Soon, the decision was taken to keep it in Lumbini Province under Parasi District but a big portion of Tribenisusta excluded from it and merged to Binayi Tribeni rural municipality of Gandaki Province.

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