Koshi (zone)
| कोशी अञ्चल Koshi
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 Location of the Koshi Zone in Nepal |
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| Country | Nepal |
| province | Province No. 1 |
| Seat | Biratnagar |
| surface | 9669 km² |
| Residents | 2,335,047 (2011 census) |
| density | 241 inhabitants per km² |
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ISO 3166-2 (obsolete) |
NP-KO |
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Coordinates: 27 ° 7 ' N , 87 ° 18' E
Koshi ( Nepali कोशी अञ्चल Koshi Anchal ) was one of the 14 former administrative zones in Nepal .
The administrative zone Koshi was named after the main river of the region, the Koshi . It was in what was then the eastern development region in eastern Nepal and stretched from the Terai to the Tibetan highlands . The administrative seat was Biratnagar .
The zone consisted of 6 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 No. 1.
Web links
Commons : Koshi Administrative Zone - Collection of images, videos and audio files
Individual evidence
- ↑ http://www.citypopulation.de/php/nepal-admin.php
- ^ Constitution of Nepal, Schedule-4 . 2015 ( deutsch-nepal.de [PDF] Unofficial English Translation).
