In the 1950s, Nepal consisted of 34 districts. From 1962, it was divided into 14 zones; these came into disuse around 1995. Since then, Nepal is divided into five vikas kshetra (development regions) (see links below).
Presently, the Mindat locality hierarchy still uses the old zones.
References
- Deniel, C., Vidal, P., Fernandez, A., Le Fort, P., and Peucat, J.-J. (1987) Isotopic study of the Manaslu granite (Himalaya, Nepal); inferences on the age and source of the Himalayan leucogranites. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology: 96: 78-92.
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