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
(2011)
Density
(people/km²)
Map
Koshi Pradesh Biratnagar Parshuram Khapung Rajendra Kumar Rai 14 25,905 km² 4,534,943 175  
Madhesh Pradesh Janakpur Hari Shankhar Mishra Mohammad Lalbabu Raut 8 9,661 km² 5,404,145 559  
Bagmati Pradesh Hetauda Yadav Chandra Sharma Rajendra prasad Pandey 13 20,300 km² 5,529,452 272  
Gandaki Pradesh Pokhara Prithvi Man Singh Gurung Krishna chandra Nepali 11 21,504 km² 2,403,757 112  
Lumbini Pradesh Deukhuri Amik Sherchan Kul Prasad KC 12 22,288 km² 4,499,272 219  
Karnali Pradesh Birendranagar Tilak Pariyar Jeevan Bahadur Saahi 10 27,984 km² 1,570,418 41  
Sudurpashchim Pradesh Godawari Devraj Joshi Trilochan Bhatta 9 19,539 km² 2,552,517 130  
Nepal Kathmandu President
Bidhya Devi Bhandari
Prime Minister
Sher Bahadur Deuba
77 147,181 km² 26,494,504 180  

References

  1. "Nepal Provinces". statoids.com. Retrieved 2016-03-21.