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Nepal

Cities of Nepal

Cities listed

45

Kathmandu

largest city

29.6M

national population

45 of 45 listed cities

Cities listed

45

15,000 or more people

Largest city

Kathmandu

1,442,271 people

Capital

Kathmandu

National capital

National population

29,618,118

Largest city is 4.9%

Cities in Nepal

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45 cities


1	Kathmandu	Bagmati Province	1,442,271	4.9%
2	Pokhara	Gandaki Pradesh	600,051	2%
3	Bharatpur	Bagmati Province	369,377	1.2%
4	Pātan	Bagmati Province	299,283	1%
5	Birgañj	Madhesh	268,273	0.9%
6	Biratnagar	Koshi	244,750	0.8%
7	Dhangaḍhi̇̄	Sudurpashchim Pradesh	204,788	0.7%
8	Hetauda	Bagmati Province	195,951	0.7%
9	Janakpur	Madhesh	195,438	0.7%
10	Butwāl	Lumbini Province	195,054	0.7%
11	Dharān	Koshi	173,096	0.6%
12	Nepalgunj	Lumbini Province	166,258	0.6%
13	Birendranagar	Karnali Pradesh	154,886	0.5%
14	Madhyapur Thimi	Bagmati Province	119,955	0.4%
15	Lahān	Madhesh	102,955	0.3%
16	Bhimdatta	Sudurpashchim Pradesh	88,381	0.3%
17	Triyuga	Koshi	71,405	0.2%
18	Inaruwa	Koshi	70,093	0.2%
19	Rājbirāj	Madhesh	69,803	0.2%
20	Banepā	Bagmati Province	67,629	0.2%
21	Siddharthanagar	Lumbini Province	63,367	0.2%
22	Gulariyā	Lumbini Province	53,107	0.2%
23	Chautārā	Bagmati Province	51,347	0.2%
24	Īṭahari̇̄	Koshi	47,984	0.2%
25	Panauti	Bagmati Province	46,595	0.2%
26	Ṭikāpur	Sudurpashchim Pradesh	44,758	0.2%
27	Ki̇̄rtipur	Bagmati Province	44,632	0.2%
28	Chari̇̄koṭ	Bagmati Province	40,000	0.1%
29	Tulsi̇̄pur	Lumbini Province	39,058	0.1%
30	Dipayal	Sudurpashchim Pradesh	33,968	0.1%
31	Gaur	Madhesh	27,325	0.1%
32	Siraha	Madhesh	24,657	0.1%
33	Tānsen	Lumbini Province	23,693	0.1%
34	Jaleshwar	Madhesh	23,573	0.1%
35	Bāgluṅ	Gandaki Pradesh	23,296	0.1%
36	Khā̃dbāri̇̄	Koshi	22,903	0.1%
37	Dhankutā	Koshi	22,084	0.1%
38	Wāliṅ	Gandaki Pradesh	21,867	0.1%
39	Dailekh	Karnali Pradesh	20,908	0.1%
40	Malaṅgawā	Madhesh	20,284	0.1%
41	Bhadrapur	Koshi	19,523	0.1%
42	Amargaḍhi̇̄	Sudurpashchim Pradesh	19,014	0.1%
43	Dārchulā	Sudurpashchim Pradesh	18,317	0.1%
44	Ilām	Koshi	17,491	0.1%
45	Dhulikhel	Bagmati Province	16,263	0.1%

Every City in Nepal, by Region

7 regions. 5 have their own page; the rest are listed here in full.

Bagmati Province11 cities

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Kathmandu 1,442,271
Bharatpur 369,377
Pātan 299,283
Hetauda 195,951
Madhyapur Thimi 119,955
Banepā 67,629
Chautārā 51,347
Panauti 46,595
Ki̇̄rtipur 44,632
Chari̇̄koṭ 40,000
Dhulikhel 16,263

Koshi9 cities

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Biratnagar 244,750
Dharān 173,096
Triyuga 71,405
Inaruwa 70,093
Īṭahari̇̄ 47,984
Khā̃dbāri̇̄ 22,903
Dhankutā 22,084
Bhadrapur 19,523
Ilām 17,491

Madhesh8 cities

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Birgañj 268,273
Janakpur 195,438
Lahān 102,955
Rājbirāj 69,803
Gaur 27,325
Siraha 24,657
Jaleshwar 23,573
Malaṅgawā 20,284

Lumbini Province6 cities

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Butwāl 195,054
Nepalgunj 166,258
Siddharthanagar 63,367
Gulariyā 53,107
Tulsi̇̄pur 39,058
Tānsen 23,693

Sudurpashchim Pradesh6 cities

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Dhangaḍhi̇̄ 204,788
Bhimdatta 88,381
Ṭikāpur 44,758
Dipayal 33,968
Amargaḍhi̇̄ 19,014
Dārchulā 18,317

Gandaki Pradesh3 cities

Pokhara 600,051
Bāgluṅ 23,296
Wāliṅ 21,867

Karnali Pradesh2 cities

Birendranagar 154,886
Dailekh 20,908

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