Nepal is a small counytry in the southern lap of himalayas.it has an area of 1.47,181sq.km.which is 0.03%of the total land area of the earth and 0.3%of the total area of asia.it is a landlocked country enclosed by china in the north and india in the south,east and west.the nearest sea to nepal is bay of bengal which is about 500km. from nepal.
For the smooth running of administration,nepal has been divided into village development committe (VDC),municipality,district,zone and development region.development region is the biggest administrative region in our country.development region is the synthesis of such many diversities as geographical,racial,agricultural,etc.a development region is created with aim at helping the country for the development of north to south and east to west.
His majesty's the goverment of nepal with the help of regional planners divied the kingdom of nepal into 4 development regions in 1972.these were eastern development region(EDR),central development region (CDR),western development region (WDR)and far-western development region (FWDR).FWDR appeared to be the biggest and the most backward.for this,again in 1981 the fifth development region-mid-western development region (MWDR)was created.in this way,the 4 development regions were converted into 5 development regions in 1981.
The biggest development region is MWDR(SEE MAP)with the area of 42,378sq.km.the second biggest WDR with is area 29,398 is followed by EDR28,456 and CDR 27,410.the biggest population and its density is in CDR.the lowest population is in accessible and many parts of MDDR are still unaccessible.
Each of these regions is divided into zones and each zones is further divided into districts.the division of the country into zones and districts was done in 1961 during the rule of late king mahendra.there are 75 districts and 14 zones altogether.each development region has it own head quaters.it suppervises,coordinates,inspects and controls the administrtive works of the development regions.
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