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Jauljibi जौलजीवी | |
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town | |
 View ofKali river near Jauljibi | |
  Jauljibi Location on Nepalese–Indian border Show map of Uttarakhand Jauljibi Jauljibi (India) Show map of India Jauljibi Jauljibi (Nepal) Show map of Nepal | |
| Coordinates:29°45′7″N80°22′40″E / 29.75194°N 80.37778°E /29.75194; 80.37778 | |
| Countries |  India Nepal |
| First level subdivision | Uttarakhand, India Sudurpashchim, Nepal |
| Districts | Pithoragarh, India Darchula, Nepal |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Hindi,Kumaoni |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| Vehicle registration | UK |
| Nearest city | Dharchula/Darchula 28 Km north |
| IndianLok Sabha constituency | Almora |
| Nepalese parliamentary constituency | Darchula 1 |
Jauljibi (Jaul Jibi) is a small market town dominated by itsbazaar on the Indo-Nepal border, situated at the confluences of theKali andGori rivers.[1]Jauljibi refers to the villages and bazaars on both sides of the river. TheNepal-side village inSudurpashchim is much smaller than theIndian one inUttarakhand. Asuspension bridge, rebuilt several times, across the Kāli River has joined the bazaars and the people of both countries for over a hundred years.
Jauljibi is a crossroads where the main road of the Indian district, the Pithoragarh-Jauljibi-Darchula-Tawaghat road which follows theKali, is joined from the north by the Munsiary-Madkot-Jauljibi road, which follows the Gori River.[2] It is the confluence of trade routes from Nepal to the east,Askot to the west,Johar Pass to Tibet to the north, and theDarma Valley to the northeast.[3]
The town is famous for its annual tradefair held in November, popularly known as the Kumauni Festival.[4] Thousands of people throng to the fair from the neighboring villages and districts to trade and to enjoy music, singing, dancing and food.[4] The trade fair was initiated in 1914 by the Rajbar (zamindar) of Askot.[3]
Until a permanent bridge was built in the 1960s, a bridge across the Kali was rebuilt in November of each year after the monsoon (summer rains), where in July the increased flow in the Kali had swept away the previous year's bridge.[3] On 17 November 1974, during the annual Kumauni Festival and trade fair, the bridge across the Kail collapsed.[5]Flooding in June 2013 again sweep away the suspension bridge.[6]
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