Karnali (zone)

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कर्णाली अञ्चल
Karnali
Location of the Karnali zone in Nepal
Location of the Karnali zone in Nepal
Basic data
Country Nepal
province Karnali
Seat Jumla ( Chandannath )
surface 21,351 km²
Residents 388.713
density 18 inhabitants per km²
ISO 3166-2
(obsolete)
NP-KA
Districts in the Karnali Zone
Districts in the Karnali Zone

Coordinates: 29 ° 25 '  N , 82 ° 31'  E

Karnali ( Nepali कर्णाली अञ्चल Karnali Anchal ) was one of the 14 former administrative areas of Nepal .

It was named after the Karnali River (upper reaches of the Ghaghara , tributary of the Ganges ) and was located in the developing region of the Midwest in northwestern Nepal . The administrative seat was Jumla , the capital of the city of Chandannath .

Karnali was divided into 5 districts:

Through the constitution of September 20, 2015 and the resulting reorganization of Nepal into provinces, the districts of this zone were assigned to the newly created province of the same name Karnali (initially province no. 6).

Web links

Commons : Karnali Administrative Zone  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Nepal: Administrative Division (Provinces and Districts) - Population Statistics, Charts and Map. Retrieved November 16, 2018 .
  2. ^ Constitution of Nepal, Schedule-4 . 2015 ( deutsch-nepal.de [PDF] Unofficial English Translation).