Baglung is located in the south of Dhawalagiri Zone

Baglung District, a part of Dhawalagiri Zone, is one of the seventy-five districts of Nepal, a landlocked country of South Asia. Dhawalagiri (Dhaulagiri is one of the fourteen zones of Nepal. The 14 administrative zones (अञ्चल of Nepal are subdivided into 75 districts (जिल्ला Nepal (नेपाल) is a Landlocked country in South Asia. A landlocked country is commonly defined as one enclosed or nearly enclosed by land The district, with Baglung as its district headquarters, covers an area of 1,784 km² and has a population (2001) of 268,938. Baglung (2827 N 8360 E elev 1020 m lies in the midhills of Nepal, 275 km west of Kathmandu. Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar.