Sarlahi is an Outer Terai district of the historic Mithila region in southern Nepal, and its Terai plains have been farmed since ancient times, earning the region the name 'Treasurer of grain'. The district headquarters Malangwa is named after Malang Baba, a saint revered by both Hindus and Muslims, with an annual fair held in his honour in the month of Chaitra. Nunthar Pahad, on the border of Makawanpur, Sarlahi, Rautahat and Sindhuli districts, is noted as a historical strategic hill, and the Adhwara river (the Jhim in Nepal) once formed the eastern border of the Makwanpur region. The Department of Archaeology of Nepal officially recognizes six ancient monuments in the district, including the Murtiya archaeological site, described as the ruin of an unidentified temple. Under Nepal's 2017 federal restructuring the district is administered as 20 municipalities (11 urban, 9 rural); the 2021 census recorded a population of 862,470.
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