List of cities in Nepal

Further information: Municipalities of Nepal

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Administrative divisions of Nepal
Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal (since 2015)
Provinces: 7 (First level)
Districts: 77 (Second level)
Local-level body: 753 (Third level)
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Administrative divisions by country
Municipality

Kathmandu, the largest city (Metro city)
CategoryMunicipality
LocationNepal
Created
  • 1975 / 08 /16
Number6 Metro City
11 Sub-metro city
276 Urban Municipality (as of 20 September 2015)
Populations845,767 - 8,370
Areas547.43 square kilometres (211.36 sq mi) - 6.89 square kilometres (2.66 sq mi)
Government
Subdivisions
  • Wards
List of Gaupalikas of Nepal
(alternative subdivision)

Cities and towns in Nepal are incorporated under municipality. A municipality in Nepal is a sub-unit of a district. The Government of Nepal has set-out a minimum criteria for municipalities. These criteria include a certain population, infrastructure and revenues. Presently, there are 293 municipalities in Nepal among which 6 are metropolis, 11 are sub-metropolis and 276 are municipal councils. Other than that there are 460 rural municipalities totaling 753 local level government within Nepal.[1]

Kathmandu, the capital, is also the largest city.[2][3] In terms of area, Pokhara is the largest metropolitan city covering a subtotal of 464.28 km2[4] while Lalitpur is the smallest, with an area of 36.12 km2. Ghorahi is the largest sub-metropolitan city with an area of 522.21 km2 where as Dhangadhi is the largest sub-metropolitan city by a population of 204,788. Budhanilkantha with a population of 179,688 is the largest municipality followed by Birendranagar with a population of 154,886. In terms of area, Sitganga is the largest municipality with an area of 610.43 square kilometres (235.69 sq mi).[5]

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  2. ^ "Population of Cities in Nepal (2020)". worldpopulationreview.com. Archived from the original on 28 July 2019. Retrieved 28 July 2019.
  3. ^ Nepal, Naturally. "Kathmandu". Naturally Nepal. Archived from the original on 28 July 2019. Retrieved 28 July 2019.
  4. ^ "Pokhara Lekhnath becomes largest metropolitan city". Archived from the original on 13 March 2017. Retrieved 16 June 2017.
  5. ^ "Sitganga Municipality in Nepal". Archived from the original on 15 July 2018. Retrieved 19 March 2018.