POLITICAL Nepal

POLITICAL NEPAL

For the administrative purpose, Nepal is divided into Development Region, Zone, District, Village Development Committee (VDC)/Municipality. At present, there are five development regions, 14 zones, 75 districts, 217 municipalities and 3157 Village Development Committee. Each district is further divided into ilakas. Similarly, each VD is divided into 9 wards but municipal area is divided upto 35 wards. For the parliamentary election, the country is divided into 205 constituencies.

          The Eastern Development Region (EDR) has 3 zones and 16 districts, the Central Dev. Region (CDR) has 3 zones and 19 districts, the Western Dev. Region (WDR) has 3 zones and 16 districts, Mid-Western Dev. Region (MWDR) has also 3 zones and 15 districts and the Far-Western Dv. Region (FWDR) has 2 zones and 9 districts.

          Among the development regions, MWDR is the largest in terms of area and the FWDR is the smallest. The Karnali zone is the largest and the mahakali zone is the smallest in terms of  area. In the case of districts, Dolpa is the largest whereas Bhaktapur is the smallest district in area.

          Each development region, zone, district and Municipality/VDC has its own administrative centre that coordinates the admistrative and development activities. Kathmandu is the capital of  Nepal and lies in the CDR.