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Province No. 1

It lies in the eastern part of Nepal and Province No: 1
covers mountain, hill and Terai region. Area 17.6% (25, 905 sq. km.)
Mt. Sagarmatha, Mt. Kanchanjunga, 17.12% (4,534,943
Mt. Makalu, etc lie in this province. Population according to census
2068 BS)
Sagarmatha National Park, Makalu 14 (Taplejung, Panchthar,
Barun National Park, Kanchanjungha Ilam, Sankhuwasabha,

Conservation Area also lie here. Rivers No. of Dis tricts Tehrathum, Dhankuta,
Bhojpur, Khotang,
like Mechi, Tamor, Arun, etc have been Solukhumbu,
supplying water in this province for various Okhaldhunga, Udayapur,
Jhapa, Morang, Sunsari)
purposes.
137 (Rural Municipalities:
Sherpa, Chhetri, Brahmin, Meche, Koche, No. of Local 88, Municipalities: 46,
Sub-Metropolitan Cities:
Rajbansi, Lepcha, Limbu, Rai, etc are the Levels 2 and Metropolitan
main habitants. Barahakshetra, Pathibhara, City:1)

Halesi Mahadev, Chhintang Devi, etc are Headquarters Biratnagar
the major religious sites.

Food crops like paddy, maize,
wheat, etc and cash crops like jute,
tea, sugarcane, tobacco, etc are
produced here. This province has
more agricultural region. Biratnagar,
Ilam, Dharan, Okhaldhunga,

Gaighat, etc are the main trade
centers. Similarly, tourism, Mt. Sagarmatha (8848.86 m)
agriculture, trade, service, etc are
the major economic activities in
this province. Mahendra highway,
Mechi highway, etc run through this
province. This province’s literacy

rate is high due to the establishment
of Purbanchal University and
many other important educational
institutions in its various region.
Halesi Mahadev

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