Sudurpashchim Province
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| Basic data | |
| Country | Nepal |
| Capital | Godawari (Kailali) |
| surface | 19,539 km² |
| Residents | 2,552,517 |
| density | 131 inhabitants per km² |
| founding | 2015 |
| ISO 3166-2 | NP-P7 |
| Website | p7.gov.np |
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| Chief Minister | Trilochan Bhatta |
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Coordinates: 28 ° 42 ' N , 80 ° 34' E
The Sudurpashchim Province (nep: सुदूरपश्चिम प्रदेश Far-West Province) is one of the seven provinces in Nepal that play the role of the federal members in the state of Nepal. The province was created by the constitution of September 20, 2015 , which made Nepal a federal state.
history
The province was formed from the districts of the two former development zones Seti and Mahakali . The province originally had the number 7, as the constitution provides that the newly elected provincial parliaments should determine the name and the headquarters of the province.
The province did not fully begin its work until after the first elections to the provincial parliaments on November 26, 2017 and December 7, 2017, which took place together with the House of Representatives elections.
On September 29, 2018, the province gave itself its current name and chose Godawari as the new capital of the province. Until then, Dhangadhi, 20 km away, had been the provincial capital. The vote in the provincial assembly resulted in a two-thirds majority for the new name, with the twelve MPs from the Nepalese Congress Party and two MPs from the Rastriya Janata Party of Nepal (RJP) boycotted the vote.
geography
The province is the westernmost and second smallest province of Nepal. It borders India to the west and south and the People's Republic of China with the Tibet region to the north .
It extends over all three geographical landscapes of Nepal: the Himalayas in the north, the hilly or central landscape in the middle and the Terai in the south. The Karnali River flows in the east of the province and the Mahakali in the west. The most important mountains of the province are the Api with 7132 m, the Saipal with 7031 m, the Yokapahad with 6644 m and the Lassa with 6189 m. Within the province lie the Khaptad Lake and the Ghodaghodi Lake as well as the Khaptad National Park , the Shuklaphanta National Park and the Api Nampa Nature Reserve .
The main cities and commercial centers of this province are Dhangadhi , Dadeldhura , Bhim Datta and Dipayal Silgadhi .
The main agricultural products grown in this province are wheat, mustard, corn and cotton.
The province is remote and in great need of development. Around 44% of the people in the hill country and 49% in the Himalayan districts live below the poverty line. The province has limited access to basic services. It has complex socio-economic structures and there is both gender and caste discrimination. Likewise, many traditions such as forced marriages, witch hunts, mistreatment of widows, and other practices pose obstacles to general development.
Administrative division
The province is divided into the following districts:
The districts are administered by a District Coordination Committee and the district administration chair. The districts are further subdivided into municipalities (Nagarpalika) and rural communities (Gaunpalika). Sudurpashchim has a sub-metropolitan city, 33 urban parishes and 54 rural parishes.
Remarks
- ↑ a b Art. 56: Structure of State. Nepal Law Commission, accessed January 12, 2019 .
- ↑ Schedule-4 States, and Districts to be included in the concerned States. - Nepal Law Commission. Retrieved January 12, 2019 .
- ^ Uncharted territory. Nepali Times, November 2017, accessed September 17, 2018 .
- ↑ Kathmandu Post: Province 7 name confirmed Sudurpashchim . ( ekantipur.com [accessed January 12, 2019]).
- ↑ a b c d e 7 Proposed States or Province in Nepal. August 19, 2016. Retrieved January 12, 2019 (American English).
- ^ Constitution of Nepal, Article 56 (4) . 2015 ( deutsch-nepal.de [PDF] Unofficial English Translation).
- ^ The Himalayan Times: New local level structure comes into effect from today. March 10, 2017, accessed January 1, 2019 .
- ^ Federal VDC Relation. In: UN Nepal Information Platform: Common Data Repository. Accessed January 1, 2019 .