Provinces of Nepal facts for kids

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.

List of Provinces

Sudurpashchim

Karnali

Province 5

Gandaki

Province 3

Province 2

Province 1

Province	Capital	Governor	Chief Minister	Districts	Area (km²)	Population (2011)	Density (people/km²)	Map
Province No. 1	Biratnagar	Somnath Adhikari	Sher Dhan Rai	14	25,905 km²	4,534,943	175
Province No. 2	Janakpur	Tilak Pariyar	Mohammad Lalbabu Raut	8	9,661 km²	5,404,145	559
Bagmati Pradesh	Hetauda	Bishnu Prasad Prasain	Dormani Poudel	13	20,300 km²	5,529,452	272
Gandaki Pradesh	Pokhara	Amik Sherchan	Prithvi Subba Gurung	11	21,504 km²	2,403,757	112
Province No. 5	Butwal	Dharmanath Yadav	Shankar Pokharel	12	22,288 km²	4,499,272	219
Karnali Pradesh	Birendranagar	Govinda Prasad Kalauni	Mahendra Bahadur Shahi	10	27,984 km²	1,570,418	41
Sudurpashchim Pradesh	Godawari	Sharmila Kumari Panta	Trilochan Bhatta	9	19,539 km²	2,552,517	130
Nepal	Kathmandu	President Bidhya Devi Bhandari	Prime Minister Khadga Prasad Oli	77	147,181 km²	26,494,504	180

See also

In Spanish: Provincias de Nepal para niños