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'{{Infobox settlement <!--See Infobox settlement for all fields and descriptions of usage--> | name = Gandaki Pradesh<br> गण्डकी प्रदेश | native_name = | settlement_type = [[List of provinces of Nepal|Province]] | motto = | image_skyline = {{ Photomontage | photo1a = Aerial view of the Annapurna massif - Nepal - panoramio.jpg | photo2a = Mt. Macchapucchhere (31).JPG | photo2b = ACAP Upper Mustang Tangyejpg.jpg | photo3a = Tilicho Lake in Summer.jpg | photo3b = Manakamana Temple - panoramio.jpg | photo4a = Muktinath Covered by ice.JPG | photo4b = Phewa Lake in Pokhara (15715573565).jpg | photo5a = Gorkha Palace durbar.jpg | spacing = 1 | position = centre | size = 300 | foot_montage = From Top left to right<br />[[Annapurna]], [[Machapuchare]], [[Upper Mustang]], [[Tilicho Lake]], [[Manakamana Temple]], [[Muktinath|Muktinath Temple]], [[Phewa Lake]] and [[Gorkha Durbar]] }} | imagesize = | image_caption = | image_map = Nepal Province 4.svg | mapsize = 300px | map_caption = Location of Gandaki Pradesh | image_map1 = File:Nepal Province 4.jpg|thumb|Nepal Province 4 | mapsize1 = 250px | map_caption1 = | coordinates = {{coord|28|12|34|N|83|59|29|E|type:adm1st_source:itwiki_region:NP|display=title,inline}} | subdivision_type = [[List of sovereign states|Country]] | subdivision_name = {{flag|Nepal}} | seat_type = [[Capital city]] | seat = [[Pokhara]] | seat1_type = Largest city | seat1 = Pokhara | parts_type = [[List of districts of Nepal|Districts]] | parts_style = para | p1 = [[Province No. 4#Districts|11]] | governing_body = Government of Gandaki Pradesh | leader_title = Governor | leader_name = Baburam Kunwar | leader_title1 = Chief Minister | leader_name1 = [[Prithvi Subba Gurung]] ([[Nepal Communist Party|NCP]]) | leader_title2 = High Court | leader_name2 = Pokhara High Court | leader_title3 = [[Provincial Assembly of Province No. 4|Provincial Assembly]] | leader_name3 = [[Unicameralism|Unicameral]] (60 seats) | leader_title4 = [[House of Representatives (Nepal)|Parliamentary constituencies]] | leader_name4 = 18 | government_footnotes = | established_title = Formation | established_date = 20 September 2015 | area_footnotes = | area_total_km2 = 21733 | area_rank = [[Provinces of Nepal#List of provinces|4th]] | population_as_of = 2011 | population_footnotes = | population_note = | population_total = 2403757 | population_rank = [[Provinces of Nepal#List of Provinces|6th]] | population_density_km2 = auto | population_density_rank = [[Provinces of Nepal#List of Provinces|6th]] | population_demonym = Gandakeli | blank_name_sec1 = [[Languages of Nepal|Official language]] | blank_info_sec1 = [[Nepali language|Nepali]] | blank1_name_sec1 = [[Languages of Nepal|Other language(s)]] | blank1_info_sec1 = [[Gurung language|Gurung]], [[Magar language|Magar]], [[Tamang language|Tamang]], [[Thakali language|Thakali]], [[Dura language|Dura]] | blank_name_sec2 = [[Human Development Index|HDI]] | blank_info_sec2 = 0.567 ({{color|#fc0|medium}}) | blank1_name_sec2 = HDI rank | blank1_info_sec2 = | blank2_name_sec2 = [[Literacy]] | blank2_info_sec2 = 74.81% | blank3_name_sec2 = [[Human sex ratio|Sex ratio]] | blank3_info_sec2 = 83.84 [[males|♂]] /100 [[females|♀]] (2011) | timezone = [[Nepal Time|NST]] | utc_offset = +5:45 | elevation_footnotes = <!--for references: use <ref> </ref> tags--> | elevation_m = | postal_code_type = <!-- enter ZIP code, Postcode, Post code, Postal code... --> | postal_code = | area_code = | geocode = NP-FO | website = {{URL|http://p4ocmcm.gov.np/}} | footnotes = }} '''Gandaki Pradesh''' ({{lang-ne|गण्डकी प्रदेश}}), is one of the [[List of provinces of Nepal|federal provinces]] formed by a [[Constitution of Nepal|new constitution]] of [[Nepal]] that was adopted on 20 September 2015.<ref name="statoids">{{cite web|url=http://www.statoids.com/unp.html|title=Nepal Provinces|publisher=statoids.com|accessdate=2016-03-21}}</ref> [[Pokhara]] is the capital city of this province. It borders [[Tibet Autonomous Region]] of [[China]] to the north, [[Province No. 3]] to the east, [[Province No. 5]] and [[Karnali Pradesh]] to the west, and the [[Province No. 5]] and [[Uttar Pradesh]] of [[India]] to the south. The total area of the province is 21,504 km². According to the [[2011 Nepal census]], the population of the province is 1,570,418 and estimated population is 2,403,757 (on 1 January 2016).<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.citypopulation.de|title=Gandaki Province in Nepal population|last=|first=|date=|website=www.citypopulation.de|language=en-us|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=2018-06-04}}</ref> Initially known as ''Province No. 4'', the newly elected Provincial Assembly adopted ''Gandaki Pradesh'' as the permanent name for the province in July 2018. == Geography == The province covers an area of 21,773&nbsp;km² which is about 14.66% of the total area of Nepal. The state is extends between 27°-20' N ~ 29°-20' N latitude and 82° 52' E ~ 85°-12' E longitude. In terms of terrain, the province is spread over the Himalayan, Hilly and Terai region of Nepal; 5,919&nbsp;km² (26.8%) of the area falls under the [[Himalayan Region|Himalayan region]], 14,604&nbsp;km² (67.2%) of the area falls under the [[Hill Region|Hilly region]] and 1,310&nbsp;km² (6%) of the area falls under the [[Terai|Terai region]].<ref name=":0" /> {| class="wikitable sortable" style="margin:auto;" data-ve-attributes="{&quot;style&quot;:&quot;margin:auto;&quot;}" |+Average temperatures and precipitation for selected communities in Province No. 4<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.weatherbase.com/weather/city.php3?c=NP&name=Nepal|title=Nepal Travel Weather Averages (Weatherbase)|website=Weatherbase|access-date=2018-04-28}}</ref> !Location !August (°F) !August (°C) !January (°F) !January (°C) !Annual Precipitation (mm/in) |- |[[Pokhara|Pokhara Lekhnath]] |74.8 |23.8 |50.4 |10.2 |2010.3/79.1 |- |[[Baglung]] |72.1 |22.3 |47.5 |8.6 |1766.1/69.5 |- |[[Walling]] |77.5 |25.3 |54.1 |12.3 |2089.7/82.3 |- |[[Besisahar|Besishahar]] |72.3 |22.4 |47.5 |8.6 |1639.6/64.6 |- |[[Chitre|Modi]] |60.8 |16 |33.4 |0.8 |1094.7/43.1 |} == Government and administration == {{Main|Provincial governments of Nepal|Provincial Assembly of Gandaki}}The Governor acts as the head of the province while the Chief Minister is the head of the provincial government. The Chief Judge of the Pokhara High Court is the head of the judiciary.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://kathmandupost.ekantipur.com/news/2016-09-19/high-courts-get-their-chief-judges.html|title=High Courts get their chief judges|access-date=2018-04-27|language=en}}</ref> The present Governor, Chief Minister and Chief Judge are Baburam Kunwar (governor), [[Prithvi Subba Gurung]] (chief minister) and Purushottam Bhandari.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://thehimalayantimes.com/nepal/prithvi-subba-gurung-appointed-province-4-cm/|title=Prithvi Subba Gurung appointed as Province 4 CM - The Himalayan Times|date=2018-02-12|work=The Himalayan Times|access-date=2018-04-27|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://ddnews.gov.in/international/president-nepal-administers-oath-chiefs-seven-provinces|title=President of Nepal administers oath to Chiefs of seven provinces {{!}} DD News|website=ddnews.gov.in|language=en|access-date=2018-04-27}}</ref> The province has 60 [[Pradesh Sabha|provincial assembly constituencies]] and 18 federal [[House of Representatives (Nepal)|House of Representative constituencies]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://thehimalayantimes.com/nepal/constituency-delimitation-commission-creates-495-constituencies/|title=CDC creates 495 constituencies|date=2017-08-31|work=The Himalayan Times|access-date=2018-04-27|language=en-US}}</ref> Gandaki Pradesh has a [[Unicameralism|unicameral]] legislature, like all of the other provinces in Nepal. The term length of provincial assembly is five years. The [[Provincial Assembly of Gandaki]] is temporarily housed at the Town Development Training Centre in [[Pokhara]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://kathmandupost.ekantipur.com/news/2018-02-05/first-provincial-assembly-meeting-of-province-4-begins.html|title=First Provincial Assembly meeting of province 4 begins|access-date=2018-04-27|language=en}}</ref> == Administrative subdivisions == {{See also|Districts of nepal|List of cities in Nepal|List of gaupalikas of Nepal}}Gandaki province is divided into 11 districts, which are listed below. A district is administrated by the head of the [[District Coordination Committee]] and the District Administration Officer. The districts are further dived to municipalities or rural municipalities. The municipalities include one metropolitan city and 26 municipalities. There are 58 rural municipalities in the province.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://103.69.124.141|title=स्थानिय तह|website=103.69.124.141|access-date=2018-04-27}}</ref> # [[Baglung District]]<ref>http://parliament.gov.np/np/ncd.html</ref> # [[Gorkha District]] # [[Kaski District]] # [[Lamjung District]] # [[Manang District]] # [[Mustang District]] # [[Myagdi District]] # [[Nawalpur District]] # [[Parbat District]] # [[Syangja District]] # [[Tanahun District]] == Demographics == {{Pie chart|thumb=right|caption=Religion in Province No. 4|label1=[[Hinduism]]|color1=Orange|value1=82.89|label2=[[Buddhism]]|color2=Yellow|value2=13.68|label3=[[Christianity]]|color3=DodgerBlue|value3=1.56|label4=[[Islam]]|color4=Green|value4=0.77|label5=[[Bon]]|color5=Purple|value5=0.50|label6=[[Prakṛti]]|color6=LimeGreen|value6=0.27|label7=Other or not religious|color7=Black|value7=0.33}} The province has a population of 2,403,016 which is 9.06% of the total population of Nepal. The population density is about 110 persons per square kilometre. The province has a population growth rate of -0.33%. The sex ratio is 89 males for 100 females, with a total of 948,028 males and 1,144,124 females recorded in 2011. The urban population of the region is 1,452,186 (60.5%) and the rural population is 943,652 (39.5%). About 50.1% of the population in the province are financially independent.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=http://www.p4ocmcm.gov.np/upload/news/1520422912_Province_Profile.pdf|title=Province Profile|last=|first=|date=|website=Government of Province No. 4|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=}}</ref>{{Largest cities of Province No. 4}} ==See also== *[[List of provinces of Nepal]] *[[List of districts of Nepal]] ==References== {{reflist}} {{Geographic Location | Centre = Gandaki | North = [[Tibet Autonomous Region]], {{flag|China}} | Northeast = | East = [[Province No. 3]] | Southeast = | South = | Southwest = [[Province No. 5]] | West = | Northwest = [[Karnali Pradesh|Karnali]] }} {{Provinces of Nepal}} {{coord missing|Nepal}} [[Category:Province No. 4| 01]] [[Category:Provinces of Nepal]] [[Category:2015 establishments in Nepal]] [[Category:Nepali-speaking countries and territories]] {{Nepal-geo-stub}}'