Namche Bazaar (also Nemche Bazaar or Namche Baza; Nepali: नाम्चे बजार listen (help·info)) is a village and Village Development Committee (Namche) in Solukhumbu District in theSagarmatha Zone of north-eastern Nepal. It is located within the Khumbu area at 3,440 metres (11,286 ft) (the low point that is), populating the sides of a hill. Namche is the main trading center and tourist hub for the Khumbu region with many Nepalese officials, a police check, post and a bank.