List of districts of Nepal

District

Category	Jilla
Location	Nepal
Created	pre-1816
Number	77 (as of 20 September 2015)
Populations	2,041,587 – 5,658
Areas	7,889 square kilometres (3,046 mi²) - 119 square kilometres (46 sq mi)
Government	District Coordination Committee
Subdivisions	Urban Municipality Rural Municipality

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Administrative divisions of Nepal
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Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal (since 2015)
Provinces: 7 (First level) Koshi Madhesh Bagmati Gandaki Lumbini Karnali Sudurpashchim
Districts: 77 (Second level) Districts of Koshi Pradesh: 14 Districts of Madhesh: 8 Districts of Bagmati: 13 Districts of Gandaki: 11 Districts of Lumbini: 12 Districts of Karnali: 10 Districts of Sudurpashchim: 9
Local-level body: 753 (Third level) Metropolitan City: 6 Sub-metropolitan City: 11 Municipality: 276 Rural Municipality: 460
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Districts in Nepal are second level of administrative divisions after provinces. Districts are subdivided into municipalities and rural municipalities. There are seven provinces and 77 districts in Nepal.

There were total of 75 districts in Nepal until 2015, grouped into 14 Zones and 5 Development Regions. After the adoption of federalism in 2015, the existing Zones and Development Regions were dissolved. Nawalparasi District and Rukum District were respectively divided into Parasi District and Nawalpur District, and Eastern Rukum District and Western Rukum District, making total number of districts 77. These 77 districts were regrouped into 7 provinces.