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Cho Oyu is the sixth-highest mountain in the world at 8,188 metres above sea level. Cho Oyu means "Turquoise Goddess" in Tibetan. The mountain is the westernmost major peak of the Khumbu sub-section of the Mahalangur Himalaya 20 km west of Mount Everest. The mountain stands on the China Tibet–Nepal Province No. 1 border.

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Gokyo Lake - Dudh Pokhari

Gokyo is a small village in Solukhumbu District in the Himalayas of Nepal, at the foot of Gokyo Ri and located on the eastern shore of the third Gokyo Lake, Dudh Pokhari. Gokyo Cho.

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#Summit picture of Gokyo Lake - Dudh Pokhari near Cho Oyu

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Dughla

  12 km (7.1 miles) away from Cho Oyu

Dughla is a small hamlet in Solukhumbu District in the Himalayas of Nepal, to the south of Khumbu Glacier. The settlement, consisting of several huts, is located at an elevation of 4,620 metres, making it one of the highest settlements in the world, but likely not permanently inhabited all year around as it is essentially a collection of huts catering to hikers.

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Gorak Shep

  14 km (8.4 miles) away from Cho Oyu

Gorak shep or Gorakshep is a small settlement that sits on the edge of a frozen lakebed covered with sand in Nepal with the same name. It is found at an elevation of 5,164 metres elevation, near Mount Everest. The village is not inhabited year-round.

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Gorakshep

  14 km (8.4 miles) away from Cho Oyu

Gorak shep or Gorakshep is a small settlement that sits on the edge of a frozen lakebed covered with sand in Nepal with the same name. It is found at an elevation of 5,164 metres elevation, near Mount Everest. The village is not inhabited year-round.

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Dingboche

  15 km (9.4 miles) away from Cho Oyu

Dingboche 27°53′N 86°49′E is a Sherpa village in the Khumbu region of north eastern Nepal in the Chukhung Valley. Its population was estimated at approximately 200 in 2011. It is situated at an altitude of 4,410 metres.

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Khumbu Pasanglhamu Rural Municipality ( खुम्बु-पासाङल्हामु-गाउँपालिका )

  28 km (17.6 miles) away from Cho Oyu

Khumbu Pasanglhamu is a rural municipality out of 7 rural municipalities located at Solukhumbu district of Province No. 1 of Nepal. Khumjung, Namche & Jubing and Chaurikharka were incorporated while creating it. It has the total population of 9,133 according to the 2011 Nepal census and area of 1,539.11 square kilometres. The admin centre of this gaunpalika is that of the Chaurikharka. Previously, Khumjung, Namche, Jubing and Chaurikharka were all separate local level body of Solukhumbu District. Solukhumbu was a district out of six districts of Sagarmatha Zone. Sagarmatha was a zone of Eastern development region of Nepal.

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#Hill station picture of Khumbu Pasanglhamu Rural Municipality ( खुम्बु-पासाङल्हामु-गाउँपालिका ) near Cho Oyu

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Simi Gaun

  46 km (28.9 miles) away from Cho Oyu

Gaurishankar is currently referred to as Ward No. 9 under Gaurishankar Rural Municipality in Bagmati Pradesh, Dolakha District of Nepal. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census it had a population of 1392 people living in 291 individual households. There are divided to 3 villages which are Tasi Nam, simi gau and beding.

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#Old-growth forest picture of Simi Gaun near Cho Oyu

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Phaphlu

  50 km (31.1 miles) away from Cho Oyu

Phaphlu is a mountainous town in north-east Nepal, approximately 270 kilometres east of the Nepalese capital, Kathmandu.

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