It is one of the Settlements of the Banepa Municipality City. Gaun as an ending of a name (also written as -gau or - gaon) means a Village (Settlement). My idea is that each Settlement in the Valley should be represented by at least one picture of a Temple, a Shrine, a Chaitya and Sculptures.
Map from http://lgcdp.gov.np/gis_58mun?page=2
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National Geographic Information Infrastructure Programme, Index of Geographical Names of Nepal, ngiip.gov.np/data-center/
