Karnali Province

Karnali Province कर्णाली प्रदेश Karnali Pradesh
From top going clockwise:Phoksundo lake, Sinja Valley, Simikot, Rara lake, ruins of Kakre Bihar in Surkhet and Kanjiroba
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Location of Karnali Province
Humla Mugu Dolpa Jumla Kalikot Dailekh Jajarkot Rukum west Surkhet Salyan Gandaki Lumbini China (Tibet) Sudurpashchim India (UP) Divisions of Karnali Province
Coordinates: 29°16′N 82°11′E / 29.27°N 82.18°E / 29.27; 82.18
Country	Nepal
Formation	20 September 2015
Capital	Birendranagar
Largest city	Birendranagar
Districts	10
Government
• Type	Province
• Body	Government of Karnali Province
• Governor	Tilak Pariyar
• Chief Minister	Jeevan Bahadur Shahi (NC)
• High Court	Surkhet High Court
• Provincial Assembly	Unicameral (40 seats)
• Parliamentary constituency	Pratinidhi Sabha 12 Rastriya Sabha 8
Area
• Total	27,984 km2 (10,805 sq mi)
• Rank	1st
Population  (2021)
• Total	1,694,889
• Rank	7th
• Density	61/km2 (160/sq mi)
• Rank	7th
Demonym	Madhya Pashchimeli Nepali
Time zone	UTC+5:45 (NST)
Geocode	NP-SI
ISO 3166 code	NP-P6
Official Language	Nepali
Other Official Languages	1.Khas-Jumli 2.Magar
HDI	0.469 (low)
HDI rank	7th
Literacy	62.77%
Sex ratio	95.78 ♂ /100 ♀ (2011)
GDP	US$1.44 billion
GDP rank	7th
Website	www.karnali.gov.np

Karnali Province (Nepali: कर्णाली प्रदेश) is one of the seven federal provinces of Nepal formed by the new constitution, which was adopted on 20 September 2015.^[1] The total area of the province is 27,984 square kilometres (10,805 sq mi), making it the largest province in Nepal with 18.97% of the country's area. According to the 2011 Nepal census, the population of the province was 1,570,418, making it the least populous province in Nepal. The province borders the Tibet Autonomous Region of China to the north, Gandaki Province to the east, Sudurpashchim Province to the west, and Lumbini Province to the south.^[2] Birendranagar with a population of 154,886 is both the province's capital and largest city.^[3]