It is located in the Aadhikhola valley and is bisected by the historic Andhikhola River in Syangja District, Gandaki Province of Nepal.

Waling received an award for the best municipality of the country and was declared the Clean City of Nepal for The fiscal year 2017 (2073 BS).

The municipality is connected by the Siddhartha Highway, which links Pokhara and Lumbini, the birthplace of Lord Gautam Buddha.

One of them purports it to be derived from the word wali - the monsoon folk songs sung by women in the fields while planting paddy.

Waling is known for its extensive paddy fields on the plains along the banks of the Aandhikhola River and the undulating terraces in mountain slopes that are crisscrossed by numerous creeks.

Hindu texts date the origin of Aandhikhola to the ancient time of Dvapara Yuga, described in the Puranas as the reign of King Dasharatha, the father of Lord Rama of Ramayana.

According to local legend, during that time, a pious and aged blind couple had a devoted son named Shrawan Kumar.

The old couple wished to embark on a pilgrimage before their death, so Shrawan Kumar set out on a journey, carrying them on his shoulders, to fulfill their desire.

When he told them about their son's accidental death, they began to cry and died on the spot, leaving behind a pool of tears which transformed into a small lake.

The Waling Municipality came into existence on 26 December 1996, by incorporating the then Walling, Dhanubase and Pekhubaghkhor village development committees.

Climate Features: It is situated between 713 and 1600 meters above sea level in the fold of the mountains that are considered part of inner lesser himalaya in Syangja district of western Nepal.

[1] Natural and artificially promoted erosion and slope instability in those hill and mountain area are drastically threatening the ecological balance.

Most of the disasters have been natural and in the recent years, there is some evidence of increase of flooding, landsliding, deforestation and land degradation.

The district ranked second highest, along with Makawanpur, with the total number of landslide events occurred during the period 1971–2000 being 46.

Waling falls under the very high hazard probability area according to the Syangja district disaster management plan.

Siddhartha Highway has been the economic life line connecting it to the major towns of Pokhara in the east and Siddharthanagar in the west.

There is also a large number Indian and British army veterans living in the area whose remittance in the form of pensions and benefits has been a vital part of the economy since decades.

A survey study during 1998/1999 wheat season identified major crop weeds in Waling, in decreasing dominant ratio, to be Soliva anthemifolia , Vicia sativa (local name: Kutil kosa/ akara), Chenopodium album (local name: Narabethe/Bethe sag), Stellaria media, Cynodon dactylon, Polypogom fugax, Melilotus parviflora, Lactuca sp., Alopecurus sp, Phalaris minor, Polygonum hydropiper, Polygonum sp, Oxalis corniculata, Mazus sp., Gnaphalium sp., Lathyrus aphaca, Equisetum sp., Fumaria parviflora.

Coffee is being cultivated between 700 m to 1300 m above sea level in fertile, loam to infertile gravel mixed soil in Waling area and other parts of Syangja district.

Most of the coffee plantations in Syangja district have shades provided by already existing indigenous fruits and fodder plants as Sal, Katush, Chilaune, Nivaro, Badhar, Bedulo, Tote, Khaniya, Mayal, Kimbu, Suntala, Nibua, Amba, Kera, Mewa, Rukh katahar, Naspati, Aaru, Anar.

), Brown eye spot (Cercospora coffeicola), Damping off (Rhizoctonia solani), and Wilt disease (Fusarium spp.).

Commonly manufactured items by forging wrought iron and steel are khukuris, sickles, spades, daggers and axes.

It is designed to be one of the toughest one-day mountain bike event in the world, where the athletes completed the marathon within a time frame of ten hours.

The organizers are planning to host the marathon annually as it boosts the flow of international tourists as well as promotes adventure tourism in Nepal.

[17] Canada's Curry Wallace [18][19] and Nepal's Laxmi Magar won the first ever Waling 100: International Open Mountain Biking Marathon, in the male and female categories respectively, thus concluding the first-of-its-kind cycling event in March 2019.

In the female category, Laxmi Magar occupied the first position by completing the race in eight hours, nine minutes and 23 seconds.

[22] Community Radio Waling 89.2 MHz (CRW) is a non-profit entity established by the NGO - AGECO Nepal, with a mission to promote organic agriculture for protection of environment and ecological conservation.

Sankalpa Sahayog Samuha is the only organization in Syangja district working on protection, care and support on HIV/AIDS in Waling.

An epidemiological study of porcine cysticercosis in Tindobate, Tulsi Bhanjyang, Jagatradevi and Waling of Syangja district examined 419 pigs for lingual visualization and palpation for cysts and found that 32.4% were positive.

The blood samples from 201 of those pigs in this study were also sent to Centers for Disease Control (CDC, Georgia, USA) for enzyme-linked immunoelectrotransfer blot (EITB) analysis and it showed a high prevalence rate of 24% while 6% of them had old infections or exposure.