The East-West (Mahendra) Highway runs through Deukhuri Valley via Lamahi and Bhalubang; branch roads connect Lamahi to Ghorahi, Tulsipur to Salyan, and Ghorahi to Rolpa. Dang Airport (DNP) at Tarigaun has daily Nepal Airlines flights to Kathmandu.
October-November and February-April have the mildest weather (daily means roughly 18-23C) per 1991-2020 normals; June-September is monsoon with very heavy rain (about 1,580 mm annual, mostly Jun-Sep). Summers (April-June) reach 33-34C daily maxima.
Borders Uttar Pradesh, India (Balarampur and Shravasti districts) to the south; Koilabas border crossing has a customs checkpoint for goods. Deukhuri was severely malarial before DDT use in the late 1950s.
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