Bagmati Zone

Bagmati ( Bāgmatī Añcal), was one of the fourteen zones of Nepal. It is named after the Bagmati River. Bagmati was in the Central Development Region of Nepal. The zone contained the Kathmandu Valley. The capital was Kathmandu. In 2011 the total population was 3,843,596. 

Limestone, talc, zinc, lead and silver are mined and exported from Bagmati.Nepal Mineral & Mining Sector Investment and Business Guide (Washington, DC: Global Investment Center, 2013), p. 46 Brown, white and pink marble are also exported. The hill districts around Kathmandu are notorious for human trafficking in young girls.Human Rights Watch Asia, Rape for Profit (New York: Human Rights Watch, 1995), p. 8 The girls are taken to India where they are sold to brothels.

Bagmati was divided into eight districts:

 District Type Headquarters Bhaktapur Hill Bhaktapur Dhading Hill Dhading Lalitpur Hill Patan Kathmandu Hill Kathmandu Kavrepalanchok Hill Dhulikhel Nuwakot Hill Bidur Rasuwa Mountain Dhunche Sindhupalchok Mountain Chautara

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Development Regions of Nepal
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Category:Zones of Nepal