Bagmati Zone | |
Native Name: | बागमती अञ्चल |
Settlement Type: | Zone |
Motto: | बहादुर गोरखा, हात खाली छैन, विल्यान्सलाई घातक मारियो |
Mapsize: | 300px |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Region |
Seat Type: | Capital |
Population As Of: | 2001 |
Population Total: | 3008487 |
Blank Name Sec1: | Main language(s) |
Timezone: | Nepal Time |
Utc Offset: | +5:45 |
Elevation Footnotes: | 7,201 |
Elevation M: | 2,195 |
Postal Code Type: | Postal Code |
Registration Plate: | BA-1 |
Bagmati Zone (Nepali: [[:ne:बागमती अञ्चल|बागमती अञ्चल]] Bāgmatī Añcal) was one of the fourteen zones of Nepal until the restoration of zones to Provinces. Its headquarters are Kathmandu. It was named after the Bagmati River. It was in the Central Development Region of Nepal. The districts are now all part of Bagmati Province. The zone contains the Kathmandu Valley with its conurbation of 4.5 million inhabitants.
Bagmati was divided into eight districts; since 2015 these districts have been redesignated as part of Bagmati Province.
District | Type | Headquarters | Since 2015 part of Province |
---|---|---|---|
Bhaktapur | Hill | Bhaktapur | Bagmati |
Dhading | Hill | Dhading | |
Lalitpur | Hill | Patan | |
Kathmandu | Hill | Kathmandu | |
Kavrepalanchok | Hill | Dhulikhel | |
Nuwakot | Hill | Bidur | |
Rasuwa | Mountain | Dhunche | |
Sindhupalchok | Mountain | Chautara |