Karnali Province

**Karnali Province** () is one of the seven federal provinces of Nepal. The total area of the province is . According to the 2011 Nepal census, the population of the province was 1,570,418.

At first it was known as _Province No. 6_. The Provincial Assembly named this province _Karnali Pradesh_ in February 2018. It borders the Tibet Autonomous Region of China to the north, Gandaki Province to the east, Sudurpashchim Province to the west, and Lumbini Province to the south. Birendranagar is the capital city of the province.

## Geography

Karnali is the largest province of Nepal. It has an area of  but the population of the province is very low. The population of the province is 1,701,800, which is least in ranking.

The province is surrounded by Gandaki Province in east, Lumbini Province in south-east and south, Sudurpashchim Province in west and Tibet Autonomous Region of China in north.

The province has occupied higher mountains land of north and mid-hills of Nepal. It contains Kubi Gangri, Changla and Kanjiroba mountains in north. The Shey Phoksundo National Park with Phoksundo lake is located in this national park. It is the largest national park in Nepal. The Rara lake is the largest lake of Nepal which is also located in Karnali Pradesh. Karnali River is the biggest river of the province which is thought to be the longest river of Nepal. Seti River and Bheri River are tributaries of Karnali.

## Government and administration

The Governor acts as the head of the province. The current Governor is Durga Keshar Khanal. The Chief Minister is the head of the provincial government. The current Chief Minister is Mahendra Bahadur Shahi. The Chief Judge of the Surkhet High Court is the head of the judiciary. The current Chief Judge is Hari Kumar Pokharel. The province has 40 provincial assembly constituencies and 12 House of Representative constituencies.

Karnali has a unicameral legislature, like all of the other provinces in Nepal. The term length of provincial assembly is five years.

## Administrative subdivisions

Karnali is divided into ten districts, which are listed below. A district is administered by the head of the District Coordination Committee and the District Administration Officer. The districts are further dived to municipalities or rural municipalities. There are 25 municipalities and 54 rural municipalities in the province

1. Dailekh District
1. Dolpa District
1. Humla District
1. Jajarkot District
1. Jumla District
1. Kalikot District
1. Mugu District
1. Salyan District
1. Surkhet District
1. Western Rukum District

## Related pages

- provinces of Nepal
- List of districts of Nepal

## Infobox (settlement)

- **name**: Karnali Pradesh
- **native name**: कर्णाली प्रदेश
- **settlement type**: Provinces of Nepal, Province
- **imagesize**: 300px
- **image map**: Karnali in Nepal 2015.svg
- **mapsize**: 300px
- **map caption**: Location of Karnali Pradesh
- **image map1**: Karnali Province english.png
- **mapsize1**: 300px
- **map caption1**: Districts of Karnali Pradesh
- **subdivision type**: List of sovereign states, Country
- **seat type**: Capital city, Capital
- **seat**: Birendranagar
- **seat1 type**: Largest city
- **seat1**: Birendranagar
- **parts type**: List of districts of Nepal, Districts
- **parts style**: para
- **p1**: Province No. 6#Districts, 10
- **governing body**: Provincial governments of Nepal, Government of Karnali Pradesh
- **leader title**: Governor
- **leader name**: Tilak Pariyar
- **leader title1**: Chief Minister
- **leader name1**: Mahendra Bahadur Shahi (Nepal Communist Party, NCP)
- **leader title2**: High Court
- **leader name2**: Surkhet High Court
- **leader title3**: Provincial Assembly of Karnali, Provincial Assembly
- **leader name3**: Unicameralism, Unicameral (40 seats)
- **leader title4**: House of Representatives (Nepal), Parliamentary constituency
- **leader name4**: 12
- **established title**: Formation
- **established date**: 20 September 2015
- **area total km2**: 27984
- **area rank**: Provinces of Nepal#List of Provinces, 1st
- **population as of**: 2011
- **population total**: 1570418
- **population rank**: Provinces of Nepal#List of Provinces, 7th
- **population density km2**: auto
- **population density rank**: Provinces of Nepal#List of Provinces, 7th
- **population demonym**: Karnali/Karnalese
- **blank name sec1**: Languages of Nepal, Main Official Language
- **blank info sec1**: Nepali language, Nepali (96.47%)
- **blank1 name sec1**: Languages of Nepal, Other Official Language(s)
- **blank1 info sec1**: 1. Magar language, Magar (1.1%)
2. Tamang language, Tamang (0.9%)
- **blank name sec2**: Human Development Index, HDI
- **blank info sec2**: 0.469 ()
- **blank1 name sec2**: HDI rank
- **blank2 name sec2**: Literacy
- **blank2 info sec2**: 62.77%
- **blank3 name sec2**: Human sex ratio, Sex ratio
- **blank3 info sec2**: 95.78 males, ♂ /100 females, ♀ (2011)
- **timezone**: Nepal Time, NST
- **utc offset**: +5:45
- **geocode**: NP-SI
- **website**: [http://karnali.gov.np/ www.karnali.gov.np]