Bagmati Zone

Bagmati (Nepali: बागमती अञ्चलListen  Bāgmatī Añcal), was one of the fourteen zones of Nepal. It is named after the Bagmati River. Bagmati was in the Central Development Region of Nepal. The zone contained the Kathmandu Valley. The capital was Kathmandu.^[1] In 2011 the total population was 3,843,596.^[1]

Bagmati बागमती अञ्चल
Zone
Coordinates: 28°00′N 85°25′E
Country	Nepal
Population  (2011)
• Total	3,843,596
Time zone	UTC+5:45 (Nepal Time)

Limestone, talc, zinc, lead and silver are mined and exported from Bagmati.^[2] Brown, white and pink marble are also exported.^[2] The hill districts around Kathmandu are notorious for human trafficking in young girls.^[3] The girls are taken to India where they are sold to brothels.^[3]

Bagmati was divided into eight districts:

District	Type	Headquarters
Bhaktapur	Hill	Bhaktapur
Dhading	Hill	Dhading
Lalitpur	Hill	Patan
Kathmandu	Hill	Kathmandu
Kavrepalanchok	Hill	Dhulikhel
Nuwakot	Hill	Bidur
Rasuwa	Mountain	Dhunche
Sindhupalchok	Mountain	Chautara