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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. The total area of the region was 28,456 km².
Development Regions of Nepal No. English name Nepali name Zones Districts (No.) Headquarters Population Area (km 2) 1 Eastern Development Region: पुर्वाञ्चल विकास क्षेत्र: Mechi Koshi Sagarmatha: 16: Dhankuta: 5,811,555: 28,456: 2 Central Development Region
Central Development Region; Western Development Region; Mid-Western Development Region; Far-Western Development Region; The provinces of Nepal were formed according to Schedule 4 of the Constitution of Nepal. The seven provinces were formed by grouping the existing districts; two districts, namely Nawalparasi and Rukum, were split between two ...
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.
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.
Districts are subdivided into municipalities and rural municipalities. There are seven provinces and 77 districts in Nepal. After the state's reconstruction of administrative divisions, Nawalparasi District and Rukum District were divided into Parasi District and Nawalpur District, and Eastern Rukum District and Western Rukum District ...
Koshi Province is the easternmost province of Nepal. It is surrounded by Tibet region of China to the north, the Indian states of Sikkim and West Bengal to the east and Bihar to the south and Nepal's Bagmati and Madhesh provinces to the west. Koshi occupies most of the area of what was previously Eastern Development Region. EDR had 3 zones and ...