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href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Provinzen_Nepals" title="Provinzen Nepals – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Provinzen Nepals" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%95%CF%80%CE%B1%CF%81%CF%87%CE%AF%CE%B5%CF%82_%CF%84%CE%BF%CF%85_%CE%9D%CE%B5%CF%80%CE%AC%CE%BB" title="Επαρχίες του Νεπάλ – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Επαρχίες του Νεπάλ" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Provincias_de_Nepal" title="Provincias de Nepal – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Provincias de Nepal" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" 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data-title="Provinces du Népal" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%84%A4%ED%8C%94%EC%9D%98_%EC%A3%BC" title="네팔의 주 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="네팔의 주" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hi mw-list-item"><a href="https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B2_%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%87_%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%A6%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%B6" title="नेपाल के प्रदेश – Hindi" lang="hi" hreflang="hi" data-title="नेपाल के प्रदेश" data-language-autonym="हिन्दी" data-language-local-name="Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>हिन्दी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Provinsi_di_Nepal" title="Provinsi di Nepal – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Provinsi di Nepal" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Province_del_Nepal" title="Province del Nepal – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Province del Nepal" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A4%D7%A8%D7%95%D7%91%D7%99%D7%A0%D7%A6%D7%99%D7%95%D7%AA_%D7%A0%D7%A4%D7%90%D7%9C" title="פרובינציות נפאל – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="פרובינציות נפאל" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" 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2015</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space:nowrap;padding-right:0.65em;">Number</th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.3em;">7</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space:nowrap;padding-right:0.65em;">Populations</th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.3em;">Smallest: <a href="/wiki/Karnali_Province" title="Karnali Province">Karnali</a>, 1,694,889<br />Largest: <a href="/wiki/Madhesh_Province" title="Madhesh Province">Madhesh</a>, 6,126,288</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space:nowrap;padding-right:0.65em;">Areas</th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.3em;">Smallest: <a href="/wiki/Madhesh_Province" title="Madhesh Province">Madhesh</a>, 9,661 square kilometres (3,730 sq mi)<br />Largest: <a href="/wiki/Karnali_Province" title="Karnali Province">Karnali</a>, 27,984 square kilometres (10,805 sq mi)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" 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class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content" style="padding-top:0;text-align:left;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Fundamental_Rights_and_Duties_in_Nepal" title="Fundamental Rights and Duties in Nepal">Fundamental Rights and Duties</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Human_rights_in_Nepal" title="Human rights in Nepal">Human rights</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/LGBT_rights_in_Nepal" class="mw-redirect" title="LGBT rights in Nepal">LGBT rights</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="text-align:center; background:#bf0a30; color:#FFF; border: 1px double #8C959A;;color: var(--color-base)"><a href="/wiki/Government_of_Nepal" title="Government of Nepal"><span style="color:#FFF;">Government</span></a></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content" style="padding-top:0;text-align:left;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/President_of_Nepal" title="President of Nepal">President</a>: <b><a href="/wiki/Ram_Chandra_Poudel" title="Ram Chandra Poudel">Ram Chandra Poudel</a></b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vice_President_of_Nepal" title="Vice President of Nepal">Vice President</a>: <b><a href="/wiki/Ram_Sahaya_Yadav" title="Ram Sahaya Yadav">Ram Sahaya Yadav</a></b></li></ul> <hr /> <p><b>Executive:</b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_Nepal" title="Prime Minister of Nepal">Prime Minister</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(<a href="/wiki/List_of_prime_ministers_of_Nepal" title="List of prime ministers of Nepal">list</a>)</span>: <b><a href="/wiki/KP_Sharma_Oli" class="mw-redirect" title="KP Sharma Oli">KP Sharma Oli</a></b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Council_of_Ministers_of_Nepal" title="Council of Ministers of Nepal">Council of Ministers</a>: <a href="/wiki/Fourth_Oli_cabinet" title="Fourth Oli cabinet">Oli IV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Public_Service_Commission_(Nepal)" title="Public Service Commission (Nepal)">Civil Services</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_Secretary_of_Nepal" title="Chief Secretary of Nepal">Cabinet Secretary</a></li></ul> <hr /> <p><b><a href="/wiki/Federal_parliament_of_Nepal" class="mw-redirect" title="Federal parliament of Nepal">Federal Parliament</a>:</b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/House_of_Representatives_(Nepal)" title="House of Representatives (Nepal)">House of Representatives</a> <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Svgfiles_2024-05-06-14-54-55-266959-14011746942458791892.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8f/Svgfiles_2024-05-06-14-54-55-266959-14011746942458791892.svg/50px-Svgfiles_2024-05-06-14-54-55-266959-14011746942458791892.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="26" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8f/Svgfiles_2024-05-06-14-54-55-266959-14011746942458791892.svg/75px-Svgfiles_2024-05-06-14-54-55-266959-14011746942458791892.svg.png 1.5x, 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Oli</a></span></dd> <dd><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Leader_of_the_Opposition_(Nepal)" title="Leader of the Opposition (Nepal)">Opposition Leader</a>: <a href="/wiki/Pushpa_Kamal_Dahal" title="Pushpa Kamal Dahal">Pushpa Kamal Dahal</a></span></dd></dl></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Assembly_(Nepal)" title="National Assembly (Nepal)">National Assembly</a> <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Nepal_NationalAssembly_2024.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b3/Nepal_NationalAssembly_2024.svg/50px-Nepal_NationalAssembly_2024.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="26" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b3/Nepal_NationalAssembly_2024.svg/75px-Nepal_NationalAssembly_2024.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b3/Nepal_NationalAssembly_2024.svg/100px-Nepal_NationalAssembly_2024.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="360" data-file-height="185" /></a></span> <dl><dd><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Chairperson_of_the_National_Assembly_(Nepal)" title="Chairperson of the National Assembly (Nepal)">Chairman</a>: <a href="/wiki/Narayan_Prasad_Dahal" title="Narayan Prasad Dahal">Narayan Prasad Dahal</a></span></dd> <dd><span class="nowrap">Vice-Chairperson: <a href="/wiki/Bimala_Ghimire" title="Bimala Ghimire">Bimala Ghimire</a></span></dd> <dd><span class="nowrap">House Leader: <a href="/wiki/Krishna_Prasad_Sitaula" title="Krishna Prasad Sitaula">Krishna Prasad Sitaula</a></span></dd> <dd><span class="nowrap">Opposition Leader: <a href="/wiki/Narayan_Kaji_Shrestha" title="Narayan Kaji Shrestha">Narayan Kaji Shrestha</a></span></dd></dl></li></ul> <hr /> <p><b>Judiciary:</b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Supreme_Court_of_Nepal" title="Supreme Court of Nepal">Supreme Court</a> <dl><dd><a href="/wiki/Chief_Justice_of_Nepal" title="Chief Justice of Nepal">Chief Justice of Nepal</a>: <a href="/wiki/Prakash_Man_Singh_Raut" title="Prakash Man Singh Raut">Prakash Man Singh Raut</a></dd></dl></li> <li><a href="/wiki/District_Courts_of_Nepal" title="District Courts of Nepal">District Courts</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="text-align:center; background:#bf0a30; color:#FFF; border: 1px double #8C959A;;color: var(--color-base)"><a href="/wiki/Elections_in_Nepal" title="Elections in Nepal"><span style="color:#FFF;">Elections</span></a></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content" style="padding-top:0;text-align:left;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Election_Commission_of_Nepal" class="mw-redirect" title="Election Commission of Nepal">Election Commission</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_political_parties_in_Nepal" title="List of political parties in Nepal">Political parties</a></li> <li>Recent elections <dl><dd><div class="hlist"><ul><li>Presidential: <a href="/wiki/2015_Nepalese_presidential_election" title="2015 Nepalese presidential election">2015</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/2018_Nepalese_presidential_election" title="2018 Nepalese presidential election">2018</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/2023_Nepalese_presidential_election" title="2023 Nepalese presidential election">2023</a></li></ul></div></dd> <dd><div class="hlist"><ul><li>General: <a href="/wiki/2017_Nepalese_legislative_election" class="mw-redirect" title="2017 Nepalese legislative election">2017</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/2022_Nepalese_general_election" title="2022 Nepalese general election">2022</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Next_Nepalese_general_election" title="Next Nepalese general election"><i>next</i></a></li></ul></div></dd> <dd><div class="hlist"><ul><li>Provincial: <a href="/wiki/2017_Nepalese_provincial_elections" title="2017 Nepalese provincial elections">2017</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/2022_Nepalese_provincial_elections" title="2022 Nepalese provincial elections">2022</a></li></ul></div></dd> <dd><div class="hlist"><ul><li>Local: <a href="/wiki/2017_Nepalese_local_elections" title="2017 Nepalese local elections">2017</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/2022_Nepalese_local_elections" title="2022 Nepalese local elections">2022</a></li></ul></div></dd></dl></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="text-align:center; background:#bf0a30; color:#FFF; border: 1px double #8C959A;;color: var(--color-base)"><a href="/wiki/Federalism_in_Nepal" title="Federalism in Nepal"><span style="color:#FFF;">Federalism</span></a></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content" style="padding-top:0;text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Administrative_divisions_of_Nepal" title="Administrative divisions of Nepal">Administrative divisions</a> <hr /> <ul><li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Provinces</a> <dl><dd><a href="/wiki/Provincial_governments_of_Nepal" title="Provincial governments of Nepal">Provincial governments</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Pradesh_Sabha" class="mw-redirect" title="Pradesh Sabha">Provincial Assemblies</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Governor_(Nepal)" title="Governor (Nepal)">Governors</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Chief_minister_(Nepal)" title="Chief minister (Nepal)">Chief Ministers</a></dd></dl></li></ul> <hr /> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Local_self-government_in_Nepal" class="mw-redirect" title="Local self-government in Nepal">Local governments</a> <dl><dd><a href="/wiki/List_of_districts_of_Nepal" title="List of districts of Nepal">Districts</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Municipalities_of_Nepal" title="Municipalities of Nepal">Municipalities</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Gaunpalika" class="mw-redirect" title="Gaunpalika">Rural Municipalities</a></dd></dl></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div 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<ul><li><a href="/wiki/Nepali_nationality_law" title="Nepali nationality law">Nationality law</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nepalese_passport" title="Nepalese passport">Passport</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Visa_requirements_for_Nepalese_citizens" title="Visa requirements for Nepalese citizens">Visa requirements</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Visa_policy_of_Nepal" title="Visa policy of Nepal">Visa policy</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed plainlist"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="text-align:center; background:#bf0a30; color:#FFF; border: 1px double #8C959A;;color: var(--color-base)"><span style="color:#FFF;">Related topics</span></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content" style="padding-top:0;text-align:left;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Nepalese_democracy_movement" title="Nepalese democracy movement">Democracy movement</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nepalese_Civil_War" title="Nepalese Civil War">Civil War</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-below"> <span class="nowrap"><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="flag" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/Flag_of_Nepal.svg/23px-Flag_of_Nepal.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="28" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/Flag_of_Nepal.svg/34px-Flag_of_Nepal.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/Flag_of_Nepal.svg/46px-Flag_of_Nepal.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="726" data-file-height="885" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Portal:Nepal" title="Portal:Nepal">Nepal portal</a> <div class="hlist" style="text-align:center;font-weight:normal;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Outline_of_political_science#Politics_by_region" title="Outline of political science">Other countries</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-navbar"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374" /><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231" /><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:Politics_of_Nepal" title="Template:Politics of Nepal"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:Politics_of_Nepal" title="Template talk:Politics of Nepal"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:Politics_of_Nepal" title="Special:EditPage/Template:Politics of Nepal"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>Provinces of Nepal</b>, officially the <b>Autonomous Nepalese Provinces</b> (<a href="/wiki/Nepali_language" title="Nepali language">Nepali</a>: <span lang="ne">स्वायत्त नेपाली प्रदेशहरू</span>, <small>romanized: </small><span title="Nepali-language romanization"><i lang="ne-Latn">Nepālkā Swayatta Pradeśharū</i></span>) were formed on 20 September 2015 in accordance with Schedule 4 of the <a href="/wiki/Constitution_of_Nepal" title="Constitution of Nepal">Constitution of Nepal</a>. The seven provinces were formed by grouping the existing <a href="/wiki/List_of_districts_of_Nepal" title="List of districts of Nepal">districts</a>. The current system of seven provinces replaced an earlier system where <a href="/wiki/Nepal" title="Nepal">Nepal</a> was divided into 14 <a href="/wiki/List_of_zones_of_Nepal" title="List of zones of Nepal">administrative zones</a> which were grouped into five <a href="/wiki/Development_regions_of_Nepal" title="Development regions of Nepal">development regions</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Provinces_of_Nepal&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main articles: <a href="/wiki/Administrative_divisions_of_Nepal" title="Administrative divisions of Nepal">Administrative divisions of Nepal</a> and <a href="/wiki/List_of_districts_in_Nepal" class="mw-redirect" title="List of districts in Nepal">List of districts in Nepal</a></div> <p>A committee was formed to restructure administrative divisions of Nepal on 23 December 1956 and in two weeks, a report was submitted to the government. In accordance with The <i>Report On Reconstruction Of Districts Of Nepal, 2013</i> (<a href="/wiki/Nepali_language" title="Nepali language">Nepali</a>: <span lang="ne">नेपालको जिल्ला प्रशासन पुनर्गठनको रिपोर्ट, २०१३</span>, <small>romanized: </small><span title="Nepali-language romanization"><i lang="ne-Latn">Nepalko Jilla Prashasan Punargathanko Report, 2013</i></span>), the country was first divided into seven <i>Kshetras</i> (areas).<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ol><li>Arun Kshetra</li> <li>Janakpur Kshetra</li> <li>Kathmandu Kshetra</li> <li>Gandaki Kshetra</li> <li>Kapilavastu Kshetra</li> <li>Karnali Kshetra</li> <li>Mahakali Kshetra</li></ol> <p>In 1962, all <i>Kshetras</i> were dissolved and the country was restructured into 75 development districts; those districts were further grouped into 14 zones.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1972, all 14 zones were grouped into 4 development regions; later in 1981, they were rearranged into the following 5 development regions. </p> <ol><li><a href="/wiki/Eastern_Development_Region,_Nepal" title="Eastern Development Region, Nepal">Eastern Development Region</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Central_Development_Region,_Nepal" title="Central Development Region, Nepal">Central Development Region</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Western_Development_Region,_Nepal" title="Western Development Region, Nepal">Western Development Region</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mid-Western_Development_Region,_Nepal" title="Mid-Western Development Region, Nepal">Mid-Western Development Region</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Far-Western_Development_Region,_Nepal" title="Far-Western Development Region, Nepal">Far-Western Development Region</a></li></ol> <p>The provinces of Nepal were formed according to Schedule 4 of the <a href="/wiki/Constitution_of_Nepal" title="Constitution of Nepal">Constitution of Nepal</a>. The seven provinces were formed by grouping the existing <a href="/wiki/List_of_districts_of_Nepal" title="List of districts of Nepal">districts</a>; two districts, namely <a href="/wiki/Nawalparasi" class="mw-redirect" title="Nawalparasi">Nawalparasi</a> and <a href="/wiki/Rukum" class="mw-redirect" title="Rukum">Rukum</a>, were split between two provinces. Each district has local units. Local level bodies in Nepal include six metropolises, 11 sub-metropolises, 276 municipal councils and 460 village councils.<sup id="cite_ref-KP2017_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-KP2017-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The current system of seven provinces replaced an earlier system where Nepal was divided into 14 administrative zones which were grouped into five development regions. </p><p>In January 2016 the <a href="/wiki/Government_of_Nepal" title="Government of Nepal">Government of Nepal</a> announced temporary headquarters of the seven provinces.<sup id="cite_ref-KP18Jan_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-KP18Jan-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> According to Article 295 (2), the permanent names of the provinces will be determined by a two-thirds vote of the respective province's legislature. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Government">Government</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Provinces_of_Nepal&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Government"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The executive power of the provinces, pursuant to the constitution and laws, is vested in the council of ministers of the province. The executive power of the province shall be exercised by the province head (governor) in case of absence of the province executive in a state of emergency or enforcement of the federal rule. Every province has a ceremonial head as the representative of the federal government. The President appoints a governor for every province. The governor exercises the rights and duties as to be performed specified in the constitution or laws. The governor appoints the leader of the parliamentary party with the majority in the provincial assembly as the chief minister and the council of ministers are formed under the chairpersonship of the chief minister. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Assemblies">Assemblies</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Provinces_of_Nepal&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Assemblies"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Provincial_Assembly_(Nepal)" class="mw-redirect" title="Provincial Assembly (Nepal)">Provincial Assembly (Nepal)</a></div> <p>The <i>Pradesh Sabha</i> is the <a href="/wiki/Unicameral" class="mw-redirect" title="Unicameral">unicameral</a> <a href="/wiki/Legislative_assembly" title="Legislative assembly">legislative assembly</a> of each of the seven federal provinces.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The term for the members of the provincial assemblies is five years, except when dissolved earlier. </p><p>Candidates for each <a href="/wiki/Constituency" class="mw-redirect" title="Constituency">constituency</a> are chosen by the <a href="/wiki/List_of_political_parties_in_Nepal" title="List of political parties in Nepal">political parties</a> or stand as independents. Each constituency elects one member under the <a href="/wiki/First_past_the_post" class="mw-redirect" title="First past the post">first past the post</a> system of election. Since Nepal uses a <a href="/wiki/Parallel_voting" title="Parallel voting">parallel voting</a> system, voters cast another ballot to elect members through the <a href="/wiki/Party-list_proportional_representation" title="Party-list proportional representation">party-list proportional representation</a>. The current constitution specifies that sixty percent of the members should be elected by the <a href="/wiki/First_past_the_post" class="mw-redirect" title="First past the post">first past the post</a> system and forty percent through the <a href="/wiki/Party-list_proportional_representation" title="Party-list proportional representation">party-list proportional representation</a> system. Women should account for one-third of total members elected from each party and if one-third percentage are not elected, the party that fails to ensure so shall have to elect one-third of total number as women through the <a href="/wiki/Party-list_proportional_representation" title="Party-list proportional representation">party-list proportional representation</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>A party with an overall majority (more seats than all other parties combined) following an election forms the government. If a party has no outright majority, parties can seek to form coalitions. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="List_of_provinces_of_Nepal">List of provinces of Nepal</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Provinces_of_Nepal&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: List of provinces of Nepal"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1233514072">.mw-parser-output .static-row-numbers{counter-reset:rowNumber}.mw-parser-output .static-row-numbers tr::before{content:"";display:table-cell;padding-right:0.5em;padding-left:0.5em;text-align:right;vertical-align:inherit}.mw-parser-output .static-row-numbers.static-row-numbers-left tr::before{text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .static-row-numbers.static-row-numbers-center tr::before{text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .static-row-numbers.wikitable 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.static-row-numbers.wikitable tr::before{border-left-width:1px}body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .static-row-numbers.wikitable thead tr:first-child::before,body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .static-row-numbers.wikitable caption+tbody tr:first-child::before,body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .static-row-numbers.wikitable tbody:first-child tr:first-child::before{border-top-width:1px}body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .static-row-numbers.wikitable tbody tr:last-child::before,body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .static-row-numbers.wikitable tfoot tr:last-child::before{border-bottom-width:1px}}</style> <table class="wikitable sortable static-row-numbers static-row-header-text"> <tbody><tr style="background:#98fb98;"> <th>Province </th> <th scope="col"><a href="/wiki/ISO_3166-2:NP" title="ISO 3166-2:NP">ISO</a> </th> <th><a href="/wiki/List_of_capitals_in_Nepal" title="List of capitals in Nepal">Capital</a> </th> <th><a href="/wiki/Governor_(Nepal)" title="Governor (Nepal)">Governor</a> </th> <th><a href="/wiki/Chief_minister_(Nepal)" title="Chief minister (Nepal)">Chief Minister</a> </th> <th>Districts </th> <th>Area </th> <th><a href="/wiki/List_of_Nepalese_provinces_by_population" title="List of Nepalese provinces by population">Pop.</a><br />(2021) </th> <th><a href="/wiki/List_of_Nepalese_provinces_by_population" title="List of Nepalese provinces by population">Density</a> <p>(/km<sup>2</sup>) </p> </th> <th><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1038841319">.mw-parser-output .tooltip-dotted{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}</style><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Number of House of Representatives"><a href="/wiki/List_of_parliamentary_constituencies_of_Nepal" title="List of parliamentary constituencies of Nepal">Reps.</a></span> </th> <th>Map </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Koshi_Province" title="Koshi Province">Koshi</a></td> <td>NP-P1</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Biratnagar" title="Biratnagar">Biratnagar</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Parshuram_Khapung" title="Parshuram Khapung">Parshuram Khapung</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Hikmat_Kumar_Karki" title="Hikmat Kumar Karki">Hikmat Kumar Karki</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Taplejung_District" title="Taplejung District">Taplejung</a> <p><a href="/wiki/Panchthar_District" title="Panchthar District">Panchthar</a> <a href="/wiki/Ilam_District" title="Ilam District">Ilam</a> <a href="/wiki/Jhapa_District" title="Jhapa District">Jhapa</a> <a href="/wiki/Tehrathum_District" title="Tehrathum District">Tehrathum</a> <a href="/wiki/Sankhuwasabha_District" title="Sankhuwasabha District">Sankhuwasabha</a> <a href="/wiki/Dhankuta_District" title="Dhankuta District">Dhankuta</a> <a href="/wiki/Morang_District" title="Morang District">Morang</a> <a href="/wiki/Sunsari_District" title="Sunsari District">Sunsari</a> <a href="/wiki/Bhojpur_District,_Nepal" title="Bhojpur District, Nepal">Bhojpur</a> <a href="/wiki/Udayapur_District" title="Udayapur District">Udayapur</a> <a href="/wiki/Khotang_District" title="Khotang District">Khotang</a> <a href="/wiki/Solukhumbu_District" title="Solukhumbu District">Solukhumbu</a> <a href="/wiki/Okhaldhunga_District" title="Okhaldhunga District">Okhaldhunga</a> (Total 14) </p> </td> <td>25,905 km<sup>2</sup></td> <td>4,972,021</td> <td>192 </td> <td>28</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Koshi_in_Nepal_2015.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Koshi_in_Nepal_2015.svg/100px-Koshi_in_Nepal_2015.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="66" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Koshi_in_Nepal_2015.svg/150px-Koshi_in_Nepal_2015.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Koshi_in_Nepal_2015.svg/200px-Koshi_in_Nepal_2015.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1100" data-file-height="721" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Madhesh_Province" title="Madhesh Province">Madhesh</a></td> <td>NP-P2</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Janakpur" title="Janakpur">Janakpur</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Sumitra_Bhandari" title="Sumitra Bhandari">Sumitra Bhandari</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Satish_Kumar_Singh" title="Satish Kumar Singh">Satish Kumar Singh</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Saptari_District" title="Saptari District">Saptari</a> <p><a href="/wiki/Siraha_District" title="Siraha District">Siraha</a> <a href="/wiki/Dhanusha_District" title="Dhanusha District">Dhanusha</a> <a href="/wiki/Mahottari_District" title="Mahottari District">Mahottari</a> <a href="/wiki/Sarlahi_District" title="Sarlahi District">Sarlahi</a> <a href="/wiki/Rautahat_District" title="Rautahat District">Rautahat</a> <a href="/wiki/Bara_District" title="Bara District">Bara</a> <a href="/wiki/Parsa_District" title="Parsa District">Parsa</a> (Total 8) </p> </td> <td>9,661 km<sup>2</sup></td> <td>6,126,288</td> <td>635 </td> <td>32</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Madhesh_in_Nepal.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Madhesh_in_Nepal.svg/100px-Madhesh_in_Nepal.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="66" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Madhesh_in_Nepal.svg/150px-Madhesh_in_Nepal.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Madhesh_in_Nepal.svg/200px-Madhesh_in_Nepal.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1100" data-file-height="721" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Bagmati_Province" title="Bagmati Province">Bagmati</a></td> <td>NP-P3</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Hetauda" title="Hetauda">Hetauda</a></td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Deepak_Prasad_Devkota&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Deepak Prasad Devkota (page does not exist)">Deepak Prasad Devkota</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bahadur_Singh_Lama" title="Bahadur Singh Lama">Bahadur Singh Lama</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dolakha_District" title="Dolakha District">Dolakha</a> <p><a href="/wiki/Ramechhap,_Ramechhap" title="Ramechhap, Ramechhap">Ramechhap</a> <a href="/wiki/Sindhuli_District" title="Sindhuli District">Sindhuli</a> <a href="/wiki/Sindhupalchowk_District" title="Sindhupalchowk District">Sindhupalchowk</a> <a href="/wiki/Kavrepalanchok_District" title="Kavrepalanchok District">Kavrepalanchok</a> <a href="/wiki/Kathmandu_District" title="Kathmandu District">Kathmandu</a> <a href="/wiki/Lalitpur_District,_Nepal" title="Lalitpur District, Nepal">Lalitpur</a> <a href="/wiki/Bhaktapur_District" title="Bhaktapur District">Bhaktapur</a> <a href="/wiki/Rasuwa_District" title="Rasuwa District">Rasuwa</a> <a href="/wiki/Nuwakot_District" title="Nuwakot District">Nuwakot</a> <a href="/wiki/Makwanpur_District" title="Makwanpur District">Makawanpur</a> <a href="/wiki/Dhading_District" title="Dhading District">Dhading</a> <a href="/wiki/Chitwan_District" title="Chitwan District">Chitwan</a> (Total 13) </p> </td> <td>20,300 km<sup>2</sup></td> <td>6,084,042</td> <td>300 </td> <td>33</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Bagmati_in_Nepal_2015.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cc/Bagmati_in_Nepal_2015.svg/100px-Bagmati_in_Nepal_2015.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="66" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cc/Bagmati_in_Nepal_2015.svg/150px-Bagmati_in_Nepal_2015.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cc/Bagmati_in_Nepal_2015.svg/200px-Bagmati_in_Nepal_2015.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1100" data-file-height="721" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Gandaki_Province" title="Gandaki Province">Gandaki</a></td> <td>NP-P4</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Pokhara" title="Pokhara">Pokhara</a></td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Dilli_Raj_Bhatta&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Dilli Raj Bhatta (page does not exist)">Dilli Raj Bhatta</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Surendra_Raj_Pandey" title="Surendra Raj Pandey">Surendra Raj Pandey</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Gorkha_District" title="Gorkha District">Gorkha</a> <p><a href="/wiki/Lamjung_District" title="Lamjung District">Lamjung</a> <a href="/wiki/Tanahun_District" title="Tanahun District">Tanahun</a> <a href="/wiki/Nawalpur_District" title="Nawalpur District">Nawalpur</a> <a href="/wiki/Manang" title="Manang">Manang</a> <a href="/wiki/Mustang_District" title="Mustang District">Mustang</a> <a href="/wiki/Kaski_District" title="Kaski District">Kaski</a> <a href="/wiki/Parbat_District" title="Parbat District">Parbat</a> <a href="/wiki/Syangja_District" title="Syangja District">Syangja</a> <a href="/wiki/Myagdi_District" title="Myagdi District">Myagdi</a> <a href="/wiki/Baglung_District" title="Baglung District">Baglung</a> (Total 11) </p> </td> <td>21,504 km<sup>2</sup></td> <td>2,479,745</td> <td>116 </td> <td>18</td> <td><span 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href="/wiki/Parasi_District" class="mw-redirect" title="Parasi District">Parasi</a> <p><a href="/wiki/Palpa_District" title="Palpa District">Palpa</a> <a href="/wiki/Gulmi_District" title="Gulmi District">Gulmi</a> <a href="/wiki/Arghakhanchi_District" title="Arghakhanchi District">Arghakhanchi</a> <a href="/wiki/Rupandehi_District" title="Rupandehi District">Rupandehi</a> <a href="/wiki/Kapilvastu_District" title="Kapilvastu District">Kapilvastu</a> <a href="/wiki/Pyuthan_District" title="Pyuthan District">Pyuthan</a> <a href="/wiki/Eastern_Rukum_District" title="Eastern Rukum District">Eastern Rukum</a> <a href="/wiki/Rolpa_District" title="Rolpa District">Rolpa</a> <a href="/wiki/Dang_District,_Nepal" title="Dang District, Nepal">Dang</a> <a href="/wiki/Banke_District" title="Banke District">Banke</a> <a href="/wiki/Bardiya_District" title="Bardiya District">Bardiya</a> (Total 12) </p> </td> <td>22,288 km<sup>2</sup></td> <td>5,124,225</td> <td>230 </td> <td>26</td> <td><span 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District">Dolpa</a> <p><a href="/wiki/Mugu_District" title="Mugu District">Mugu</a> <a href="/wiki/Humla_District" title="Humla District">Humla</a> <a href="/wiki/Jumla_District" title="Jumla District">Jumla</a> <a href="/wiki/Western_Rukum_District" title="Western Rukum District">Western Rukum</a> <a href="/wiki/Jajarkot_District" title="Jajarkot District">Jajarkot</a> <a href="/wiki/Kalikot_District" title="Kalikot District">Kalikot</a> <a href="/wiki/Dailekh_District" title="Dailekh District">Dailekh</a> <a href="/wiki/Surkhet_District" title="Surkhet District">Surkhet</a> <a href="/wiki/Salyan_District,_Nepal" title="Salyan District, Nepal">Salyan</a> (Total 10) </p> </td> <td>27,984 km<sup>2</sup></td> <td>1,694,889</td> <td>61 </td> <td>12</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Karnali_in_Nepal_2015.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c8/Karnali_in_Nepal_2015.svg/100px-Karnali_in_Nepal_2015.svg.png" 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title="Darchula District">Darchula</a> <a href="/wiki/Baitadi_District" title="Baitadi District">Baitadi</a> <a href="/wiki/Dadeldhura_District" title="Dadeldhura District">Dadeldhura</a> <a href="/wiki/Doti_District" title="Doti District">Doti</a> <a href="/wiki/Kanchanpur_District" title="Kanchanpur District">Kanchanpur</a> <a href="/wiki/Kailali_District" title="Kailali District">Kailali</a> (Total 9) </p> </td> <td>19,999.28 km<sup>2</sup></td> <td>2,711,270</td> <td>136 </td> <td>16</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Sudurpashchim_in_Nepal.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/Sudurpashchim_in_Nepal.svg/100px-Sudurpashchim_in_Nepal.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="66" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/Sudurpashchim_in_Nepal.svg/150px-Sudurpashchim_in_Nepal.svg.png 1.5x, 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style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;padding-left:0.5em;padding-right:0.5em;font-weight:normal;">Ancient</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bhadrabahu" class="mw-redirect" title="Bhadrabahu">Bhadrabahu</a></li></ul> </div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;padding-left:0.5em;padding-right:0.5em;font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Shakya" title="Shakya">Shakya Republic</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Gautama_Buddha" class="mw-redirect" title="Gautama Buddha">Gautama Buddha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maya_(mother_of_Buddha)" class="mw-redirect" title="Maya (mother of Buddha)">Maya (mother of Buddha)</a></li></ul> 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href="/wiki/Shah_dynasty" title="Shah dynasty">Early Shah rule</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Gorkha_Kingdom" title="Gorkha Kingdom">Gorkha Kingdom</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prithvi_Narayan_Shah" title="Prithvi Narayan Shah">Prithvi Narayan Shah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Unification_of_Nepal" title="Unification of Nepal">Unification</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kalu_Pande" title="Kalu Pande">Kalu Pande</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Nepal" title="Kingdom of Nepal">Kingdom of Nepal</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_monarchs_of_Nepal" title="List of monarchs of Nepal">Monarchs</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sino-Nepalese_War" title="Sino-Nepalese War">Sino-Nepal War</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bhimsen_Thapa" title="Bhimsen Thapa">Bhimsen Thapa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anglo-Nepalese_War" title="Anglo-Nepalese War">Anglo-Nepal War</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Balbhadra_Kunwar" title="Balbhadra Kunwar">Balbhadra Kunwar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Treaty_of_Sugauli" title="Treaty of Sugauli">Treaty of Sugauli</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;padding-left:0.5em;padding-right:0.5em;font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Rana_dynasty" title="Rana dynasty">Rana rule</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Kot_massacre" title="Kot massacre">Kot massacre</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jung_Bahadur_Rana" title="Jung Bahadur Rana">Jung Bahadur Rana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nepal%E2%80%93Tibet_War_(1855%E2%80%931856)" title="Nepal–Tibet War (1855–1856)">Tibetan War</a> (<a href="/wiki/Treaty_of_Thapathali" title="Treaty of Thapathali">Treaty of Thapathali</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lamjang_and_Kaski" title="Lamjang and Kaski">Lamjang and Kaski</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tribhuvan_of_Nepal" title="Tribhuvan of Nepal">Tribhuvan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nepal%E2%80%93Britain_Treaty_of_1923" title="Nepal–Britain Treaty of 1923">Nepal–Britain Treaty of 1923</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;padding-left:0.5em;padding-right:0.5em;font-weight:normal;">Post-Rana and <a href="/wiki/Panchayat_(Nepal)" title="Panchayat (Nepal)">Panchayat</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1951_Nepalese_revolution" title="1951 Nepalese revolution">1951 revolution</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Panchayat_(Nepal)" title="Panchayat (Nepal)">Panchayat system</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Back_to_the_Village_National_Campaign" title="Back to the Village National Campaign">Back to the Village campaign</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;padding-left:0.5em;padding-right:0.5em;font-weight:normal;">Multi-party democracy</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1990_Nepalese_revolution" title="1990 Nepalese revolution">Jana Andolan I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nepalese_royal_massacre" title="Nepalese royal massacre">Royal massacre</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2005_Nepal_coup_d%27%C3%A9tat" title="2005 Nepal coup d'état">2005 coup d'état</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nepalese_Civil_War" title="Nepalese Civil War">Civil war</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2006_Nepalese_revolution" title="2006 Nepalese revolution">Jana Andolan II</a></li></ul></li> <li>2015 earthquake - <a href="/wiki/April_2015_Nepal_earthquake" title="April 2015 Nepal earthquake">April</a> - <a href="/wiki/May_2015_Nepal_earthquake" title="May 2015 Nepal earthquake">May</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Geography_of_Nepal" title="Geography of Nepal">Geography</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;padding-left:0.5em;padding-right:0.5em;font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/List_of_mountains_in_Nepal" title="List of mountains in Nepal">Mountains</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Himalayas" title="Himalayas">Himalayas</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Mount_Everest" title="Mount Everest">Mount Everest</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kangchenjunga" title="Kangchenjunga">Kanchenjunga</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Makalu" title="Makalu">Makalu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dhaulagiri" title="Dhaulagiri">Dhaulagiri</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manaslu" title="Manaslu">Manaslu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Annapurna" title="Annapurna">Annapurna</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;padding-left:0.5em;padding-right:0.5em;font-weight:normal;">Areas</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_cities_in_Nepal" title="List of cities in Nepal">Cities of Nepal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kathmandu_Valley" title="Kathmandu Valley">Kathmandu Valley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Terai" title="Terai">Terai</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Inner_Terai_Valleys_of_Nepal" title="Inner Terai Valleys of Nepal">Inner Terai Valleys of Nepal</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tibetan_Plateau" title="Tibetan Plateau">Tibetan Plateau</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Siliguri_Corridor" title="Siliguri Corridor">Siliguri Corridor <span style="font-size:85%;">(Chicken's Neck)</span></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;padding-left:0.5em;padding-right:0.5em;font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/List_of_rivers_of_Nepal" title="List of rivers of Nepal">Rivers</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Arun_River,_China-Nepal" class="mw-redirect" title="Arun River, China-Nepal">Arun</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ghaghara" title="Ghaghara">Karnali <span style="font-size:85%;">(Ghaghara)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Koshi_River" class="mw-redirect" title="Koshi River">Koshi <span style="font-size:85%;">(Kosi)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gandaki_River" title="Gandaki River">Narayani <span style="font-size:85%;">(Gandaki)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/West_Rapti_River" title="West Rapti River">West Rapti</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;padding-left:0.5em;padding-right:0.5em;font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Environmental_issues_in_Nepal" title="Environmental issues in Nepal">Environment</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Climate_change_in_Nepal" title="Climate change in Nepal">Climate change</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Deforestation_in_Nepal" title="Deforestation in Nepal">Deforestation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_protected_areas_of_Nepal" title="List of protected areas of Nepal">Protected areas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wildlife_of_Nepal" title="Wildlife of Nepal">Wildlife</a></li></ul> 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