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The 14 administrative zones were grouped into five development regions (Nepali: विकास क्षेत्र; vikās kṣetra). Each district was headed by a chief district officer (CDO), who was responsible for maintaining law and order and coordinating the work of field agencies of the various government ministries.
The 14 administrative zones were grouped into five development regions. Each district is headed by a Chief District Officer (CDO) responsible for maintaining law and order and coordinating the work of field agencies of the various government ministries. The five development regions of Nepal were (from east to west):
Each district has local units. Local level bodies in Nepal include six metropolises, 11 sub-metropolises, 276 municipal councils and 460 village councils. [3] 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.
This is a list of Nepalese provinces by Human Development Index (HDI) as of 2022. Of the seven provinces of Nepal , four are considered to have "medium human development" per the Human Development Index , namely Bagmati , Gandaki , Koshi Pradesh , and Lumbini .
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.
In 1962, the reorganisation of traditional 32 districts into 14 zones and 75 development Districts. [5] District Panchayat was one of the four administrative divisions of Nepal during the Panchayat System (1962–1990).
In 1972, the King of Nepal grouped 14 zones into total 4 development regions, thus Eastern Development Region came into existence. [ 4 ] On 20 September 2015, Eastern Development Region including all other development regions of Nepal were abolished, when the new Constitution of Nepal -2015 was proclaimed.
Nepal's 77 districts (Nepali: जिल्ला) are subdivided into localities known as village development committees (Nepali: गाउँ विकास समिति, romanized: gāun bikās samiti) and into municipalities. There were 3,157 VDCs in Nepal. [1] District wise list of VDCs (most of the case not updated names) are as follows: