Wikipedia's Ramechhap District article contains no recorded-history section; the only documented account is the district's name origin, told through two folk legends. In one, the district is named after Ramechhap village: a Tamang villager named Ram was granted the mukhtiyari (village leadership) by royal decree, and legal acts were authorized by Ram's stamp (chhap), giving 'Ram-chhap'. In the other, Tamang herders reared livestock in an open meadow, and the meadow of the ra (goat), mey (ox) and chhawa (offspring) became 'Ramechhap'. Manthali was declared the district headquarters on 9 March 1989 (26 Falgun 2045 BS), and Manthali Municipality was formed on 2 December 2014. Following the April 2015 earthquake, Ramechhap was listed as the 12th most-affected district, with heavy damage in the Manthali area.
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