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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[change]
| 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 |
File:Province No 1 in Nepal 2015.svg
|
| Madhesh Pradesh |
Janakpur |
Hari Shankar Mishra |
Saroj Kumar Yadav |
8 |
9,661 km² |
6,114,600 |
633 |
File:Madhesh in Nepal.svg
|
| Bagmati Pradesh |
Hetauda |
Yadav Chandra Sharma |
Shalikram Jamkattel |
13 |
20,300 km² |
6,116,866 |
301 |
File:Bagmati in Nepal 2015.svg
|
| Gandaki Pradesh |
Pokhara |
Prithvi Man Singh Gurung |
Surendra Raj Pandey |
11 |
21,504 km² |
2,466,427 |
115 |
File:Gandaki in Nepal 2015.svg
|
| Lumbini Pradesh |
Deukhuri |
Amik Sherchan |
Jokh Bahadur Mahara |
12 |
22,288 km² |
5,122,078 |
230 |
File:Lumbini in Nepal 2015.svg
|
| Karnali Pradesh |
Birendranagar |
Tilak Pariyar |
Jeevan Bahadur Shahi |
10 |
27,984 km² |
1,688,412 |
60 |
File:Karnali in Nepal 2015.svg
|
| Sudurpashchim Pradesh |
Godawari |
Najir Miya |
Dirgha Bahadur Sodari |
9 |
19,539 km² |
2,694,783 |
138 |
File:Sudurpashchim in Nepal.svg
|
| Nepal
|
Kathmandu
|
President
Ram Chandra Poudel
|
Prime Minister
Pushpa Kamal Dahal
|
77
|
147,181 km²
|
29,164,578
|
198
|
File:Nepal adm location map.svg
|
