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Abstract:
The Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal (Nepali: संघीय लोकतान्त्रिक गणतन्त्र नेपाल Sanghīya Loktāntrik Ganatantra Nepāl) is a country situated in South Asia between India and China.Administratively Nepal is divided into Provinces, Districts and Municipalities.Municipalities are classified as urban municipality and rural municipality. Rural municipality called Gaunpalika in Nepal.Urban municipality categorized into 3 level:
1.Metropolitan city (Mahanagarpalika)
2.Sub metropolitan city (Upmahanagarpalika) and
3.Municipality (Nagarpalika)
Fulfilling the requirement of the new constitution of Nepal 2015, all old municipalities and villages (which were more than 3900 in number) are restructured in total 753 new Municipalities and Villages. All old 75 district development committees (DDC) are also replaced by new 77 District Coordination Committee (DCC) which will have much less power than DDC. At present there are 6 Metropolitan Cities,11 Sub-Metropolitan Cities, 276 Municipalities and 460 GaunPalik (also referred to as Rural Municipality).
As of 20 September 2015 Nepal is divided into 7 provinces. There are 283 municipalities in Nepal.The capital city Kathmandu is a Metropolitan city and there are other five Metropolitan cities Bharatpur, Biratnagar, Pokhara, Lalitpur & Birganj.There are 11 Sub-metropolitan Cities and 276 Municipalities.
Provinces of Nepal
Province No. 1 Biratnagar
Province No. 2 Janakpur
Province No. 3 Hetauda
Province No. 4 Pokhara
Province No. 5 Butwal
Province No. 6 Birendranagar
Province No. 7 Dhangadhi
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Publisher:
UNRCO
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(2018)
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Type / Script:
Official Document
in English
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Keywords:
ADMINISTRATIVE LAW, GOVERNMENT POLICY, LAW,GENERAL AND NATIONAL LAW, METROPOLITAN AREAS, SETTLEMENT PLANNING, CITIES,SETTLEMENT PLANNING, METROPOLITAN AREAS, SUBURBAN AREAS, HUMAN SETTLEMENTS, MAPS, CONSTITUTIONAL LAW
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Thematic Group:
UNRCHCO (UNRCO)
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UN Resident Coordinator and Humanitarian Coordinator Office (UN Resident Coordinator Office)
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Thesaurus:
01.07.00
- General And National Law
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