List of districts of Nepal

District official include: • Chief District Officer, an official under Ministry of Home Affairs is appointed by the government as the highest administrative officer in a district. The C.D.O is responsible for proper inspection of all the departments in a district such as health, education, security and all other government offices. • District Coordination Committee acts as an executive to the District Assembly. The DCC coordinates with the Provincial Assembly to establish coordination between the Provincial Assembly and rural municipalities and municipalities and to settle disputes, if any, of political nature. It also maintains coordination between the provincial and Federal government and the local bodies in the district. == History ==

During the time of king Rajendra Bir Bikram Shah and prime minister Bhimsen Thapa, Nepal was divided into 10 districts. All areas east of Dudhkoshi River were one district, Dhankuta. Rana regime (1885–1950) During the time of prime minister Bir Shumsher Jang Bahadur Rana (1885–1901), Nepal was divided into 32 districts and Doti, Palpa and Dhankuta were 3 gaunda (, "cantonment"). Hilly region had 20 districts and Terai had 12 districts. Districts before 1956 Districts from 1956 to 1962 Nepal was divided seven regions (Kshetra) and 32 districts in 1956. Each district was further divided into sub-regions (Upakshetra). In 1975, most districts underwent major boundary changes that shaped Nepal’s present-day districts. Large number of Village Panchayats were shifted across 58 districts. The most significant change was the merger of the former Tibrikot District into Jumla District and the creation of new district Kalikot, carved out of western Jumla. Bhojpur District was moved from Sagarmatha Zone to Koshi Zone, Parbat District from Gandaki Zone to Dhaulagiri Zone, and Dolpa District from Dhaulagiri Zone to Karnali Zone. Despite these changes, the total number of districts remained at 75. == Districts under new administration ==

Since 20 September 2015, Nepal is divided into 7 provinces and 77 districts. They are defined by schedule 4 of the new constitution, by grouping together the existing districts. Two districts, Nawalparasi and Rukum, were split in two parts: Parasi District and Nawalpur District, and Eastern Rukum District and Western Rukum District respectively ending up in two different provinces. The old District Development Committee (DDC) was replaced with District Coordination Committee (DCC) in 2017. == List of districts ==

Koshi Province Madhesh Province Bagmati Province Gandaki Province Lumbini Province Karnali Province Sudurpashchim Province == Geographical classification of districts ==

Following table shows the geographical classification of districts as per the Local Government Operation Act, 2074 B.S (2017 A.D). For many purposes like census, districts are classified into only three geographical regions: Mountain, Hill and Terai. In such case, Udayapur, Sindhuli, Makwanpur and Surkhet from Inner Terai, and all districts of Kathmandu Valley are cassified as hill districts. The remaining Inner Terai districts of Chitwan, Nawalpur and Dang are classified as Terai districts. The census still counts Ramechhap, Dhading, Gorkha and Eastern Rukum as hill districts. == See also ==