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.^[1]

List of Provinces

Sudurpashchim

Karnali

Lumbini

Gandaki

Bagmati

Madhesh

Koshi

Province	Capital	Governor	Chief Minister	Districts	Area (km²)	Population (2021)[2]	Density (people/km²)	Map
Koshi Pradesh	Biratnagar	Parshuram Khapung	Hikmat Kumar Karki	14	25,905 km²	4,961,412	192
Madhesh Pradesh	Janakpur	Hari Shankar Mishra	Saroj Kumar Yadav	8	9,661 km²	6,114,600	633
Bagmati Pradesh	Hetauda	Yadav Chandra Sharma	Shalikram Jamkattel	13	20,300 km²	6,116,866	301
Gandaki Pradesh	Pokhara	Prithvi Man Singh Gurung	Surendra Raj Pandey	11	21,504 km²	2,466,427	115
Lumbini Pradesh	Deukhuri	Amik Sherchan	Jokh Bahadur Mahara	12	22,288 km²	5,122,078	230
Karnali Pradesh	Birendranagar	Tilak Pariyar	Jeevan Bahadur Shahi	10	27,984 km²	1,688,412	60
Sudurpashchim Pradesh	Godawari	Najir Miya	Dirgha Bahadur Sodari	9	19,539 km²	2,694,783	138
Nepal	Kathmandu	President Ram Chandra Poudel	Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal	77	147,181 km²	29,164,578	198