Lumbini Zone

Lumbinī Anchal लुम्बिनी अञ्चल
Zone
Mayadevi Temple
Country	Nepal
Capital	Butwal
Area
• Total	8,975 km2 (3,465 sq mi)
Population  (2011)
• Total	2,834,612
• Density	320/km2 (820/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+5:45 (Nepal Time)

Lumbini (Nepali: लुम्बिनी अञ्चलListen^ⓘ) was one of the fourteen zones of Nepal until the restructure of zones to provinces. Within the zone is the city of Lumbini, widely believed to be the birthplace of Siddhartha Gautama,^[1] the founder of Buddhism and renowned as a major Buddhist pilgrimage site. The zone's headquarters was Butwal.