Municipalities of Nepal

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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
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A municipality (Nepali: नगरपालिका) in Nepal is an administrative division in the Provinces of Nepal. The urban population of Nepal refers to the inhabitants residing in the designated municipal area.^[1] Population size has been taken as the principal criteria in the declaration of urban areas in Nepal since 1961. Municipalities can therefore also include rural areas.^[2] It functions as a sub-unit of a district. Nepal currently has 293 municipalities, which given the 2011 population estimate of 16,656,057.

The municipalities are categorised into three categories: Metropolitan municipality (500,000+ population), Sub-metropolitan municipality (200,000+ population) and Municipality (10,000+ population). There are 6 metropolitan municipality, 11 sub-metropolitan municipality and 276 municipality.^[2]