Provinces of Nepal

The Provinces of Nepal (Nepali: नेपालका प्रदेशहरू Nepalka Pradeshaharu) were formed on 20 September 2015. They were formed according to Schedule 4 of the Constitution of Nepal. The seven provinces were formed by making the group of districts. The current system of seven provinces replaced an earlier system. In the earlier system, Nepal was divided into 14 Administrative Zones and the zones were grouped into five Development Regions.

List of Provinces

Sudurpashchim

Karnali

Lumbini

Gandaki

Bagmati

Madhesh

Koshi

Province	Capital	Governor	Chief Minister	Districts	Area (km²)	Population (2011)	Density (people/km²)	Map
Koshi Pradesh	Biratnagar	Parshuram Khapung	Rajendra Kumar Rai	14	25,905 km²	4,534,943	175
Madhesh Pradesh	Janakpur	Hari Shankhar Mishra	Mohammad Lalbabu Raut	8	9,661 km²	5,404,145	559
Bagmati Pradesh	Hetauda	Yadav Chandra Sharma	Rajendra prasad Pandey	13	20,300 km²	5,529,452	272
Gandaki Pradesh	Pokhara	Prithvi Man Singh Gurung	Krishna chandra Nepali	11	21,504 km²	2,403,757	112
Lumbini Pradesh	Deukhuri	Amik Sherchan	Kul Prasad KC	12	22,288 km²	4,499,272	219
Karnali Pradesh	Birendranagar	Tilak Pariyar	Jeevan Bahadur Saahi	10	27,984 km²	1,570,418	41
Sudurpashchim Pradesh	Godawari	Devraj Joshi	Trilochan Bhatta	9	19,539 km²	2,552,517	130
Nepal	Kathmandu	President Bidhya Devi Bhandari	Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba	77	147,181 km²	26,494,504	180