page_title: Karnali Pradesh
section_title: Administrative subdivisions
hierarchical_section_title: Karnali Pradesh / Government and administration / Administrative subdivisions
caption_attribution_description: English: Province No. 6 in English
context_page_description: Karnali Pradesh is one of the seven federal provinces of Nepal formed by the new constitution which was adopted on 20 September 2015. The total area of the province is 27,984 square kilometres, making it the largest province in Nepal. According to the 2011 Nepal census, the population of the province was 1,570,418, making it the least populous province in Nepal. It borders the Tibet Autonomous Region of China to the north, Gandaki Pradesh to the east, Sudurpashchim Pradesh to the west, and Province No. 5 to the south. Birendranagar with a population of 47,914 is both the province's capital and largest city.
context_section_description: Karnali is divided into ten districts.
  Dailekh District
  Dolpa District
  Humla District
  Jajarkot District
  Jumla District
  Kalikot District
  Mugu District
  Salyan District
  Surkhet District
  Western Rukum District
  A district is administrated by the head of the District Coordination Committee and the District Administration Officer. The districts are further dived to municipalities or rural municipalities which are further divided into wards. There are 25 municipalities and 54 rural municipalities in the province. The capital and largest city of the province is Birendranagar. It is only city in the province with a population of over 50,000.
caption: Districts of Karnali
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