page_title: Bagmati Pradesh
section_title: Administrative divisions
hierarchical_section_title: Bagmati Pradesh / Administrative divisions
caption_attribution_description: English: Skyline of Kathmandu city with beautiful landscape.
context_page_description: Bagmati Pradesh is one of the seven provinces of Nepal established by the constitution of Nepal as of 20 September 2015. With Hetauda as its provincial headquarter, the province is the home to the country's capital Kathmandu, is mostly hilly and mountainous, and hosts mountain peaks including Gaurishankar, Langtang, Jugal, and Ganesh. The province covers an area of 20,300 km² - about 14% of the country's total area, and has an altitude low enough to support deciduous, coniferous, and alpine forests and woodlands. Temperature varies with altitude. Rainfall takes place mainly during the summer.
  The Province borders the Tibet Autonomous Region of China to the north, Province No. 1 to the east, Gandaki Pradesh to the west, and both Province No. 2 and the Indian state of Bihar to the south. Hetauda was declared as the permanent state capital on January 12, 2020. Being the most populous province of Nepal, it possesses rich cultural diversity with resident communities and castes including Newar, Tamang, Madhesis, Sherpa, Tharu, Chepang, Jirel, Brahmin, Chhetri and more.
context_section_description: Bagmati is divided into 13 districts, which are listed below. A district is administrated by the head of the District Coordination Committee and the District Administration Officer. The districts are further divided into municipalities or rural municipalities. The municipalities include three metropolitan cities, one sub-metropolitan city and 41 municipalities. There are 74 rural municipalities in the province.
  Bhaktapur District
  Chitwan District
  Dhading District
  Dolakha District
  Kathmandu District
  Kavrepalanchok District
  Lalitpur District
  Makwanpur District
  Nuwakot District
  Ramechhap District
  Rasuwa District
  Sindhuli District
  Sindhupalchok District
caption: Skyline of Kathmandu city with beautiful landscape.
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