Bagmati Province
बागमती प्रदेश Bāgmatī pradēśa | |
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Map of Bagmati, Nepal | |
| Country |  Nepal |
| Formation | 20 September 2015 |
| Capital | Hetauda |
| Largest city | Kathmandu |
| Districts | 13 |
| Government | |
| • Type | Self governing province |
| • Body | Government of Bagmati Province |
| • Governor | Yadav Chandra Sharma |
| • Chief Minister | Bahadur Singh Lama (Congress) |
| • Legislature | Unicameral (110 seats) |
| • Parliamentary constituency | House of Representatives (33) National Assembly (8) |
| • High Court | Patan High Court |
| Area | |
• Total | 20,300 km2 (7,800 sq mi) |
| • Rank | 5th |
| Highest elevation | 7,422 m (24,350 ft) |
| Lowest elevation (Golaghat) | 141 m (463 ft) |
| Population (2021) | |
• Total | 6,084,042 |
| • Rank | 2nd |
| • Density | 300/km2 (780/sq mi) |
| • Rank | 2nd |
| Time zone | UTC+5:45 (NST) |
| Geocode | NP-TH |
| ISO 3166 code | NP-P3 |
| Official language | Nepali |
| Other Official language(s) | 1.Nepal Bhasa 2.Tamang |
| Ethnic groups | |
| HDI |  0.673 (medium) |
| HDI rank | 1st |
| Literacy | 83% (2024) |
| Sex ratio | 98.77 ♂ /100 ♀ (2011) |
| GDP | US$ 14.5 billion (Rank 1) |
| GDP Per Capita | US$ 2618 |
| Website | bagamati |
Bagmati Province (Nepali: बागमती प्रदेश, Bāgmatī pradēśa)[1][2] is one of the seven provinces of Nepal established by the constitution of Nepal.[3] Bagmati is Nepal's second-most populous province and fifth largest province by area. It is bordered by Tibet Autonomous Region of China to the north, Gandaki Province to the west, Koshi Province to the east, Madhesh Province and the Indian state of Bihar to the south. With Hetauda as its provincial headquarters,[4] the province is also the home to the country's capital Kathmandu, is mostly hilly and mountainous, and hosts mountain peaks including Gaurishankar, Langtang, Jugal, and Ganesh.
Being the second most populous province of Nepal, it possesses rich cultural diversity with resident communities and castes including Thami (Thangmi) (Shneiderman, 2009, 2015; Turin, 1998), Newar, Tamang,Sherpa, Tharu, Chepang, Jirel, Brahmin, Chhetri, and more.[5] It hosted the highest number of voters in the 2017 election for the House of Representatives and Provincial Assembly.
- ^ "प्रदेश ३ को नाम बाग्मती" [Province No. 3 named as Bagmati]. ekantipur.com (in Nepali). Retrieved 12 January 2020.
- ^ "प्रदेश ३ को नाम बाग्मती, स्थायी राजधानी हेटौंडा तोकियो" [Province No. 3 named as Bagmati, permanent capital Hetauda]. Online Khabar (in Nepali). Retrieved 12 January 2020.
- ^ "Nepal Provinces". statoids.com. Retrieved 21 March 2016.
- ^ "Finally, Provincial Assembly renames Province 3 as Bagmati, picks Hetaunda as capital". 12 January 2020. Retrieved 19 January 2020.
- ^ "Highest number of voters in province no. 3". Retrieved 15 April 2018.