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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]
A municipality in Nepal is a sub-unit of a district. 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.
Gaunpalika (Nepali: गाउँपालिका, romanized: gāunpālikā, lit. 'Rural municipal') is the newly formed lower administrative division in Nepal. [1] [2] This administrative division was established in 2017, and replaced the existing village development committees.
Municipalities are places having at least some minimum criteria of population and infrastructure and declared as a municipality by the government. There are 293 municipalities in Nepal. Urban municipalities are categorized into 3 levels: Metropolitan city (Mahanagarpalika) Sub metropolitan city (Upmahanagarpalika) Municipality (Nagarpalikas)
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 .
A ward (Nepali: वडा) is the smallest unit of local governments in Nepal. The local level body (gaunpalika and municipality) which is divided into 753 units, are further divided into 6,743 wards. These wards were previously either a single VDC or a part of VDC. A local level unit is divided into a minimum five wards or a maximum of 33 wards.
Cities and villages are governed by municipalities in Nepal. A district may have one or more municipalities. Bagmati has two types of municipalities. Urban Municipality (Urban Municipality has three levels): Metropolitan city (Mahanagarpalika) Sub-metropolitan city (Upa-mahanagarpalika) and; Municipality (Nagarpalika) Rural Municipality
Local government in Nepal is the third level of government division in Nepal, which is administered by the provincial governments which in turn is beneath the federal government. [1] Article 56 of the Constitution of Nepal 2015 defines local government as rural municipalities , municipalities and district assemblies .