Karnali Zone Explained

Karnali Zone/Khasan
Native Name:कर्णाली अञ्चल/खसान
Settlement Type:Zone
Mapsize:300px
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: Nepal
Subdivision Type1:Region
Subdivision Name1:Mid-Western
Subdivision Type2:Zone
Subdivision Name2:Karnali
Seat Type:Capital
Blank Name Sec1:Main language(s)
Timezone:Nepal Time
Utc Offset:+5:45

Karnali Zone (Nepali: [[:ne:कर्णाली अञ्चल|खसान अञ्चल]]) was one of the fourteen zones located in the Mid-Western Development Region of Nepal. The headquarters of Karnali Zone was Jumla.

Karnali Zone was one of the poorest and most remote regions of Nepal, not very accessible by road yet. There are airfields in all districts except Kalikot which is connected seasonally by roadways to Jumla Airport.

Karnali Zone was the largest zone of Nepal, with two national parks. Shey Phoksundo National Park Shey Phoksundo (with Phoksundo Lake—the deepest lake of Nepal), famous for the snow leopard, is Nepal's largest park with an area of 3,555 km2. Rara National Park surrounds Rara Lake—at 10.2 km2, Nepal's largest lake—known as the "Pearl of Nepal".

Administrative subdivisions

Karnali was divided into five districts; since 2015 these districts have been redesignated as part of Karnali Province.

DistrictTypeHeadquartersSince 2015 part of Province
DolpaMountainDunaiKarnali Province
HumlaMountainSimikot
JumlaMountainJumla
KalikotMountainManma
MountainGamgadhi

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