Development regions of Nepal


Prior to the promulgation of a new constitution in 2015 after earthquake in when madheshi were aggressive.then, Nepal was divided into five development regions, 14 administrative zones and 75 districts. The 14 administrative zones were grouped into five development regions. Each district is headed by a Chief District Officer responsible for maintaining law and order and coordinating the work of field agencies of the various government ministries.
The five development regions of Nepal were :
No.English nameNepali nameZonesDistricts HeadquartersPopulationArea
1Eastern Development Regionपुर्वाञ्चल विकास क्षेत्रMechi
Koshi
Sagarmatha		16Dhankuta5,811,55528,456
2Central Development Regionमध्यमाञ्चल विकास क्षेत्रJanakpur
Bagmati
Narayani		19Kathmandu9,656,98527,410
3Western Development Regionपश्चिमाञ्चल विकास क्षेत्रGandaki
Lumbini
Dhaulagiri		16Pokhara4,926,76529,398
4Mid-Western Development Regionमध्य पश्चिमाञ्चल विकास क्षेत्रRapti
Bheri
Karnali		15Birendranagar3,546,68242,378
5Far-Western Development Regionसुदुर पश्चिमाञ्चल विकास क्षेत्रSeti
Mahakali		9Dipayal2,552,51719,539

King Birendra divided the entire Kingdom in 4 different regions in 2029 BS.
These regions were as below::
  1. Eastern Development Region,
  2. Central Development Region,
  3. Western Development Region,
  4. Far-Western Development region.
The three regions were :
Consists of 16 district.
Consists of 30 district.
Consists of 20 district from east to west. )
To fill the gap between different parts of the nation by balanced or proportionate development. Eight years later in 2037, he further divided the nation adding one more separate development region naming it as mid-western development region taking two zones from Far Western Development region Seti and Mahakali.
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