Districts in Nepal are second level of administrative divisions after provinces. Districts are subdivided into municipalities and rural municipalities. There are seven provinces and 77 districts in Nepal. After the state's reconstruction of administrative divisions, Nawalparasi District and Rukum District were divided into Parasi District and Nawalpur District, and Eastern Rukum District and Western Rukum District, respectively,yes.

District officials

District official include:

History

During the time of king Rajendra Bir Bikram Shah and prime minister Bhimsen Thapa, Nepal was divided into 10 districts. All areas east of Dudhkoshi River were one district, Dhankuta.

Rana regime (1885–1950)

During the time of prime minister Bir Shumsher Jang Bahadur Rana (1885–1901), Nepal was divided into 32 districts and Doti, Palpa and Dhankuta were 3 gaunda (, "cantonment"). Hilly region had 20 districts and Terai had 12 districts. Even after Bir Shumsher Jang Bahadur Rana to the end of Rana rule in Nepal in 1951 and till the proclamation of new constitution of Kingdom of Nepal in 1962, Nepal remained divided into 32 districts. Each had a headquarters and Bada Haqim (District Administrator) as its head. From 1951 to 1962 many acts and constitutions passed which shows name of districts as below:

Districts before 1956

1. East No. 1
2. East No. 2
3. East No. 3
4. East No. 4
5. Dhankuta
6. Ilam
7. Bara
8. Mahottar-Sarlahi
9. Saptari
10. Biratnagar
11. Jhapa
12. Chisapanigadhi
13. Udayapur
14. West No. 1
15. West no. 2
16. West no. 3
17. West no. 4
18. Palpa
19. Pyuthan
20. Salyan
21. Jumla
22. Dailekh
23. Doti
24. Bajhang
25. Baitadi
26. Dadeldhura
27. Palhi-majhkhand
28. Khajhani sivaraj
29. Dang-deukhuri
30. Banke-bardiya
31. Kailali-kanchanpur
32. Kathmandu valley

Districts from 1956 to 1962

1. Mechi
2. Biratnagar
3. Taplejung
4. Dhankuta
5. Bhojpur
6. Hanumannagar
7. Sagarmatha
8. Janakpur
9. Dolkha
10. Chautara
11. Kathmandu
12. Bara
13. Trishuli
14. Rapti
15. Gorkha
16. Pokhara
17. Syangja
18. Lumbini
19. Baglung
20. Gulmi
21. Kapilavastu
22. Pyuthan
23. Humla
24. Karnali
25. Jajarkot
26. Salyan
27. Dailekh
28. Nepalganj
29. Bajhang
30. Doti
31. Dhangadhi
32. Mahakali

Panchayat era (1960–1990)

In 1962, the reorganisation of traditional 32 districts into 14 zones and 75 development Districts. District Panchayat was one of the four administrative divisions of Nepal during the Panchayat System (1962–1990). During the Panchayat time the country was divided into 75 districts and now 2 districts are added by dividing Nawalparasi and Rukum into 2 districts. Now the total number of districts is 77.

District Development Committee (1990–2015)

Composed of elected members at the district level. It was responsible for formulating district-level development policies. It was established in 1990, following the end of the Panchayat system.

Districts under new administration

Since 20 September 2015, Nepal is divided into 7 provinces. They are defined by schedule 4 of the new constitution, by grouping together the existing districts. Two districts, Rukum and Nawalparasi, are split in two parts ending up in two different provinces. The old District Development Committee (DDC) replaced with District Coordination Committee (DCC).

List of districts by province

Koshi Province

Madhesh Province

Bagmati Province

Gandaki Province

Lumbini Province

Karnali Province

Sudurpashchim Province