Lumbini Zone

Lumbinī Anchal लुम्बिनी अञ्चल
Zone
Country	Nepal
Capital	Butwal
Time zone	UTC+5:45 (Nepal Time)

Lumbini (Nepali: लुम्बिनी अञ्चलListen^ⓘ) was one of the fourteen zones of Nepal until the restructure of zones to provinces. It is home to the Lumbini site, the birthplace of Siddhartha Gautama,^[1] who later became the historical Buddha and founder of the Buddhist philosophy. The zone's headquarters was Butwal.