Provinces of Nepal
The Provinces of Nepal (Nepali: नेपालका प्रदेशहरू Nepalka Pradeshaharu) were formed on 20 September 2015. They were formed according to Schedule 4 of the Constitution of Nepal. The seven provinces were formed by making the group of districts. The current system of seven provinces replaced an earlier system. In the earlier system, Nepal was divided into 14 Administrative Zones and the zones were grouped into five Development Regions.[1]
List of Provinces
| Province | Capital | Governor | Chief Minister | Districts | Area (km²) |
Population (2021)[2] |
Density (people/km²) |
Map |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Koshi Pradesh | Biratnagar | Parshuram Khapung | Hikmat Kumar Karki | 14 | 25,905 km² | 4,961,412 | 192 | 
|
| Madhesh Pradesh | Janakpur | Hari Shankar Mishra | Saroj Kumar Yadav | 8 | 9,661 km² | 6,114,600 | 633 | 
|
| Bagmati Pradesh | Hetauda | Yadav Chandra Sharma | Shalikram Jamkattel | 13 | 20,300 km² | 6,116,866 | 301 | 
|
| Gandaki Pradesh | Pokhara | Prithvi Man Singh Gurung | Surendra Raj Pandey | 11 | 21,504 km² | 2,466,427 | 115 | 
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| Lumbini Pradesh | Deukhuri | Amik Sherchan | Jokh Bahadur Mahara | 12 | 22,288 km² | 5,122,078 | 230 | 
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| Karnali Pradesh | Birendranagar | Tilak Pariyar | Jeevan Bahadur Shahi | 10 | 27,984 km² | 1,688,412 | 60 | 
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| Sudurpashchim Pradesh | Godawari | Najir Miya | Dirgha Bahadur Sodari | 9 | 19,539 km² | 2,694,783 | 138 | 
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| Nepal | Kathmandu | President Ram Chandra Poudel |
Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal |
77 | 147,181 km² | 29,164,578 | 198 | 
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References
- ↑ "Nepal Provinces". statoids.com. Retrieved 2016-03-21.
- ↑ "National Population and Housing Census 2021". Government of Nepal National Statistics Office. Retrieved June 2, 2024.