Rukum covers an area of 2,877 km² with population of 188,438 in 2001 and 207,290 in 11. Musikot is the district’s administrative center. Rukum district has potential tourist attractions that remain largely unexplored including yarsagumba collection caravan destinations, historical sites from the ten-year insurrection including the seat of a breakaway government in Banphikot, eastern Rukum, and the so-called Guerrilla Trek passes through this area that the hotbed for recruiting and training as well to be a battleground during Nepal’s civil war (1996-2006).(. There is 5,911 metres (19,393 ft) Mt. Sisne, the westernmost high peak in the Dhaulagiri massif. Locals for you to Sisne as Hiunchuli and it is considered sacred as the abode of deities Masta and Saikumari. Climbing history on the mountain is not well documented and an eight-man expedition led by Man Bahadur Khatri reached the summit ridge might 2013. Rukumkot, a prominent village in Rukum referred to as “the place of 52 lakes and 53 hills”
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