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Also known as Koshi Zone

former administrative zone of Nepal

Key facts

Country
Nepal
Named after
Koshi River
Districts
List Sunsari District Morang District Dhankuta District Tehrathum District Bhojpur District Sankhuwasabha District
Total
9,669 km (3,733 sq mi)
Density
241.5/km (625.5/sq mi)
Time zone
UTC+5:45 ( Nepal Time )

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Encyclopedic overview

Kosi or Koshi (Nepali: कोसी अञ्चल, Nepali: कोशी अञ्चल Listen) was one of the fourteen zones of Nepal until the restructure of zones to provinces. The headquarters of Kosi Zone was Biratnagar which was also its largest city. Other cities of Kosi Zone were Inaruwa, Dharan, Dhankuta, Jhumka, Duhabi, Tarahara and Itahari. Its main rivers were Arun, Tamor and Sapta Koshi.

Administrative subdivisions

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Kosi Zone” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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