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As defined by Part 17 of the Constitution of Nepal, the municipalities are governed by a Municipal Executive headed by a mayor.The Municipal Executive consists of the deputy mayor, ward chairpersons elected from each ward in the municipality, and five women members elected by the Municipal Assembly among themselves and three members from the Dalit or other minority communities. [3]
The Government of Nepal has set-out a minimum criteria for municipalities. These criteria include a certain population, infrastructure and revenues. Presently, there are 293 municipalities in Nepal among which 6 are metropolis, 11 are sub-metropolis and 276 are municipal councils. Other than that there are 460 rural municipalities totaling 753 ...
The Mayor is the highest-ranking official in a municipal government in Nepal. There are in total 293 mayors in Nepal (6 metropolitan cities, 11 sub-metropolitan cities, and 276 municipalities). [1] [2] Mayors are very powerful in the municipal government. [3] They are the head of the local government of Nepal .
Municipalities of Nepal — City-urban municipalities and Gaunpalika−rural municipalities, the 3rd-level administrative subdivisions for Nepalese local government For more information, see List of cities in Nepal and List of gaupalikas of Nepal .
Toggle List of chairpersons of RM in Nepal (2022–2027) [3] subsection. ... The Chairperson is the highest-ranking official in a rural municipal government in Nepal ...
The Constitution of Nepal has provisions for a Village or Municipal executive which acts as the executive within each local level. The executive is headed by a chairperson in a rural municipality and a mayor in a municipality who is elected by first-past-the-post voting in their local levels. First-past-the-post voting is also used to elect the ...
There are currently 460 rural municipalities. [3] [4] This is a list of the Gaunpalikas or rural municipalities of Nepal published by the Ministry of Federal Affairs and General Administration. [5] [6] [7]
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.