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Province no. 1

Districts: 14 Local Units: 137

Description:

Province No. 1 (proposed names: Koshi/Purbanchal) is the easternmost of the seven provinces established by the new constitution of Nepal which was adopted on 20 September 2015.

With the industrial city of Biratnagar as its headquarter, the province covers other major eastern towns including Damak, Dharan, Itahari, Inarua and Birtamod and includes several mountains including the Everest, Kanchenjunga, and Ama Dablam. Koshi - the largest river of the nation, circumvents the province's western boundary.

Adhering to the first-past-the-post voting system issued by the Constituency Delimitation Commission, the province hosts 28 parliamentary seats and 56 provincial seats.

Province no 1

Madhesh Province

Districts: 8 Local Units: 127

Description:

Madhesh Province, Province No. 2 (Nepali/Maithili: प्रदेश नं० २) is a province in the southeastern region of Nepal that was formed after the adoption of the Constitution of Nepal. It is Nepal's second-most populous province and smallest province by area. It borders Province No. 1 to the east, Bagmati Pradesh to the north, and India to the south. It has an area of 9,661 km2 (3,730 sq mi) with a population of 5,404,145 per the 2011 Census of Nepal, making it the most densely populated province of Nepal.
Province no 2

Bagmati Pradesh

Districts: 13 Local Units: 119

Description:

Bagmati Pradesh (Nepali: वाग्मती प्रदेश)is one of the seven provinces of Nepal established by the constitution of Nepal as of 20 September 2015. With Hetauda as its provincial headquarter, the province is the home to the country's capital Kathmandu, is mostly hilly and mountainous, and hosts mountain peaks including Gaurishankar, Langtang, Jugal, and Ganesh. The province covers an area of 20,300 km2 - about 14% of the country's total area, and has an altitude low enough to support deciduous, coniferous, and alpine forests and woodlands. Temperature varies with altitude. Rainfall takes place mainly during the summer
Province no 3

Gandaki Pradesh

Districts: 11 Local Units: 92

Description:

Gandaki Pradesh is one of the seven federal provinces established by the current constitution of Nepal which was promulgated on 20 September 2015. Pokhara is the province's capital city. 

It borders the Tibet Autonomous Region of China to the north, Bagmati Pradesh to the east, Karnali Pradesh to the west, and Province No. 5 and Uttar Pradesh of India to the south. The total area of Gandaki province is 21,504 km². According to the latest census, the population of Gandaki province was 2,403,757. 

The newly elected Provincial Assembly adopted Gandaki Pradesh as the permanent name by replacing its initial name Province no. 4 in July 2018.

Province no 4

Lumbini Province

Districts: 12 Local Units: 108

Description:

Lumbini Pradesh is one of the seven provinces established by the new constitution of Nepal which was adopted on 20 September 2015. The Provincial Assembly adopted Lumbini Pradesh as the permanent name by replacing its initial name Province No. 5 on October 06, 2020 by the assembly voting and Rapti Valley or Deukhuri, Dang has been declared the state capital of the province. 

Lumbini Pradesh borders Gandaki Pradesh and Karnali Pradesh to the north, Sudurpashchim Pradesh to the west, and Uttar Pradesh of India to the south. The 5 major cities in this province are Butwal, & Bhairahawa from Rupandehi district , Nepalgunj from Banke district, while Ghorahi and Tulsipur from Dang district, Nepal.

Province no 5

Karnali Pradesh

Districts: 10 Local Units: 73

Description:

Karnali Pradesh is one of the seven federal provinces of Nepal formed by the new constitution which was adopted on 20 September 2015. The total area of the province is 27,984 square kilometers (10,805 sq mi), making it the largest province in Nepal. According to the 2011 Nepal census, the population of the province was 1,570,418, making it the least populous province in Nepal.

It borders the Tibet Autonomous Region of China to the north, Gandaki Pradesh to the east, Sudurpashchim Pradesh to the west, and Province No. 5 to the south. Birendranagar with a population of 47,914 is both the province's capital and largest city.

Province no 6

Sudurpashchim Pradesh

Districts: 9 Local Units: 88

Description:

Sudurpashchim Pradesh (Far-West Province) is one of the seven provinces established by the new constitution of Nepal which was adopted on 20 September 2015. It borders the Tibet Autonomous Region of China to the north, Karnali Pradesh and Lumbini Pradesh to the east, and the Indian states of Uttarakhand to the west and Uttar Pradesh to the south. 

Initially known as Province No. 7, the newly elected Provincial Assembly adopted Sudurpashchim Pradesh as the permanent name for the province in September 2018. As per a 28 September 2018 Assembly voting, the city of Godawari has been declared the capital of the Province. 

The province is coterminous with the former Far-Western Development Region, Nepal. The three major cities in terms of population and economy are Dhangadhi, Bhimdutta (Mahendranagar) and Tikapur.

Official website: http://sudurpashchim.gov.np/

Province no 7