List of districts of Nepal

District
Category	Jilla
Location	Nepal
Created	pre-1816
Number	77 (as of 20 September 2015)
Populations	2,041,587 – 5,658
Areas	7,889 square kilometres (3,046 sq mi) - 119 square kilometres (46 sq mi)
Government	District Coordination Committee
Subdivisions	Urban Municipality Rural Municipality

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This article is part of a series on
Administrative divisions of Nepal
Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal (since 2015)
Provinces: 7 (First level) Koshi Madhesh Bagmati Gandaki Lumbini Karnali Sudurpashchim
Districts: 77 (Second level) Districts of Koshi Pradesh: 14 Districts of Madhesh: 8 Districts of Bagmati: 13 Districts of Gandaki: 11 Districts of Lumbini: 12 Districts of Karnali: 10 Districts of Sudurpashchim: 9
Local-level body: 753 (Third level) Metropolitan City: 6 Sub-metropolitan City: 11 Municipality: 280 Rural Municipality: 460
Nepal Portal Administrative divisions by country
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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.