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District
Category	Jilla
Location	Nepal
Created	pre-1816
Number	77 (as of 20 September 2015)
Populations	2,041,587 – 5,658
Areas	7,889 square kilometres (3,046 sq mi) - 119 square kilometres (46 sq mi)
Government	District Coordination Committee
Subdivisions	Urban Municipality Rural Municipality

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Administrative divisions of Nepal
Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal (since 2015)
Provinces: 7 (First level) Koshi Madhesh Bagmati Gandaki Lumbini Karnali Sudurpashchim
Districts: 77 (Second level) Districts of Koshi Pradesh: 14 Districts of Madhesh: 8 Districts of Bagmati: 13 Districts of Gandaki: 11 Districts of Lumbini: 12 Districts of Karnali: 10 Districts of Sudurpashchim: 9
Local-level body: 753 (Third level) Metropolitan City: 6 Sub-metropolitan City: 11 Municipality: 276 Rural Municipality: 460
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Districts in Nepal are second level of administrative divisions after provinces. 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, respectively,yes.

District officials

District official include:

• Chief District Officer, an official under Ministry of Home Affairs is appointed by the government as the highest administrative officer in a district. The C.D.O is responsible for proper inspection of all the departments in a district such as health, education, security and all other government offices.
• District Coordination Committee acts as an executive to the District Assembly. The DCC coordinates with the Provincial Assembly to establish coordination between the Provincial Assembly and rural municipalities and municipalities and to settle disputes, if any, of political nature. It also maintains coordination between the provincial and Federal government and the local bodies in the district.

History

During the time of king Rajendra Bir Bikram Shah and prime minister Bhimsen Thapa, Nepal was divided into 10 districts. All areas east of Dudhkoshi River were one district, Dhankuta.

Rana regime (1885–1950)

During the time of prime minister Bir Shumsher Jang Bahadur Rana (1885–1901), Nepal was divided into 32 districts and Doti, Palpa and Dhankuta were 3 gaunda (Nepali: गौंडा, "cantonment"). Hilly region had 20 districts and Terai had 12 districts.

Even after Bir Shumsher Jang Bahadur Rana to the end of Rana rule in Nepal in 1951 and till the proclamation of new constitution of Kingdom of Nepal in 1962, Nepal remained divided into 32 districts. Each had a headquarters and Bada Haqim (District Administrator) as its head. From 1951 to 1962 many acts and constitutions passed which shows name of districts as below:

Districts before 1956

Districts from 1956 to 1962

Panchayat era (1960–1990)

In 1962, the reorganisation of traditional 32 districts into 14 zones and 75 development Districts.

District Panchayat was one of the four administrative divisions of Nepal during the Panchayat System (1962–1990). During the Panchayat time the country was divided into 75 districts and now 2 districts are added by dividing Nawalparasi and Rukum into 2 districts. Now the total number of districts is 77.

District Development Committee (1990–2015)

Composed of elected members at the district level. It was responsible for formulating district-level development policies. It was established in 1990, following the end of the Panchayat system.

• Districts of Nepal in 1942
• Districts of Nepal in 1952
• Districts of Nepal in 2015
• Districts of Nepal in 2020

Districts under new administration

Since 20 September 2015, Nepal is divided into 7 provinces. They are defined by schedule 4 of the new constitution, by grouping together the existing districts. Two districts, Rukum and Nawalparasi, are split in two parts ending up in two different provinces. The old District Development Committee (DDC) replaced with District Coordination Committee (DCC).

List of districts

Koshi Province

Madhesh Province

Bagmati Province

Gandaki Province

Lumbini Province

Karnali Province

Sudurpashchim Province

See also

• Provinces of Nepal
• Development Regions of Nepal (former)
• List of zones of Nepal (former)
• List of village development committees of Nepal (former)
• District Coordination Committee
• List of mayors of municipalities in Nepal

References

1. ^ "संक्षिप्त परिचय" [Short Intro]. ddcdhankuta.gov.np (in Nepali). Govt of Nepal. Retrieved 6 February 2018. ..."श्री ५ राजेन्द्रविक्रम शाह र प्रधानमन्त्री भीमसेन थापाको शासनकालमा प्रशासनिक दृष्टिकोणले वि.सं.१८७३ साल पश्चात देश १० जिल्लामा विभाजन भयो।"
2. "Government of Nepal Act 1948" (PDF).
3. "प्रशासकीय पुनर्गठन समिति (बुच कमिशन) को प्रतिवेदन, २००९" (PDF).
4. "नेपालको जिल्ला प्रशासन पुनर्गठनको रिपोर्ट, २०१३" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 January 2022.
5. "Memorial Step of King Mahendra in 1st Poush 2017 BS". reviewnepal.com. 13 December 2017. Retrieved 6 February 2018. ..." "
6. "There will be 77 districts in the country: Minister Thapa". myrepublica.com. 6 August 2017. Retrieved 13 September 2017.
7. ^ "Population of Each Districts in Nepal". 9 August 2023.

External links

• List of Provinces and Districts in Nepal

• Districts of Nepal
• Subdivisions of Nepal
• Lists of subdivisions of Nepal
• Second-level administrative divisions by country