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Administrative divisions of Nepal

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The administrative divisions of Nepal (Nepali: नेपालको प्रशासनिक विभाजन, romanized: Nēpālakō praśāsanik vibhājana) are subnational administrative units of Nepal. The first level of country subdivision of Nepal are the provinces. Each province is further subdivided into districts, each district into municipalities and rural municipalities, and each of those municipalities into wards. Before 2015, instead of provinces, Nepal was divided into developmental regions and administrative zones.

Fulfilling the requirement of the new constitution of Nepal in 2015, all old municipalities and villages (which were more than 3900 in number) were restructured into 753 new municipalities and rural municipalities.[1][2] The former 75 district development committees (DDC) were also replaced by 77 new district coordination committees (DCC) which have much less power than the DDCs. At present there are 6 metropolitan cities, 11 sub-metropolitan cities, 276 municipalities, and 460 rural municipalities.

Federal Government
7 Provinces (e.g. Gandaki)
77 Districts (e.g. Parbat)
6 Metropolitan Cities (e.g. Kathmandu)11 Sub-Metropolitan Cities (e.g. Dharan)276 Municipalities (e.g. Lamki Chuha)460 Rural Municipalities (e.g. Mahashila)

Provinces

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7 Provinces of Nepal

Nepal is composed of seven provinces.[3] They are defined by schedule 4 of the new constitution, by grouping together the existing districts. Two districts however are split in two parts, ending up in two different provinces.

Province Capital Governor Chief Minister Districts Area Pop.
(2021)
Density
(/km2)
HDI
(2019)
GDP per capita (USD; 2021) Map
Koshi Province Biratnagar Parshuram Khapung Kedar Karki 14 25,905 km2 4,972,021 192 0.597 1,298
Madhesh Province Janakpur Hari Shankar Mishra Saroj Kumar Yadav 8 9,661 km2 6,126,288 767 0.538 882
Bagmati Province Hetauda Yadav Chandra Sharma Shalikram Jamkattel 13 20,300 km2 6,084,042 300 0.673 2,640
Gandaki Province Pokhara Prithvi Man Gurung Khagraj Adhikari 11 21,504 km2 2,479,745 116 0.631 1,348
Lumbini Province Deukhuri Amik Sherchan Jokh Bahadur Mahara 12 22,288 km2 5,124,225 230 0.583 1,209
Karnali Province Birendranagar Tilak Pariyar Yamlal Kandel 10 27,984 km2 1,694,889 61 0.568 1043
Sudurpashchim Province Godawari Ganga Prasad Yadav Kamal Bahadur Shah 9 19,915 km2 2,711,270 136 0.579 1135
Nepal Kathmandu President
Ram Chandra Poudel
Puspa Kamal Dahal ‘Prachanda’ 77 147,641 km2 30,192,480 198 0.602 1,372

Districts

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Map of the districts of Nepal

Provinces are further divided into districts, of which there are 77, since 2017.[4] Each of the districts is governed by a District Coordination Committee.

Municipalities of Nepal

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Urban municipalities

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Municipalities are places having at least some minimum criteria of population and infrastructure and declared as a municipality by the government. There are 293 municipalities in Nepal.

Urban municipalities are categorized into 3 levels:

  • Metropolitan city (Mahanagarpalika)
  • Sub metropolitan city (Upmahanagarpalika)
  • Municipality (Nagarpalikas)

Rural municipalities

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Rural municipalities (Gaunpalikas) were established in 2017, replacing the village development committees (VDCs). The main purpose of a gaunpalika resembles that of a VDC, but it has more rights on collection of royalty and taxes and has a higher annual budget than the VDC. Several VDCs were usually combined into each new gaupalika. There are 460 gaunpalikas in Nepal.

See also

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Notes

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References

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  1. ^ "New local level structure comes into effect from today". www.thehimalayantimes.com. The Himalayan Times. 10 March 2017. Retrieved 17 July 2018.
  2. ^ "Govt prepares to add 9 more local levels in Province 2". www.kathmandupost.ekantipur.com. Kantipur Publication. 11 August 2017. Archived from the original on 11 August 2017. Retrieved 15 August 2018.
  3. ^ "Nepal divided by new constitution - Foreign Policy News". foreignpolicynews.org. Retrieved 2018-04-07.
  4. ^ "There will be 77 districts in the country: Minister Thapa". My Republica. Retrieved 2018-04-07.