Geography -- Facts about Provinces of Nepal

                         
    The Constitution of Nepal 2072 has Divided Nepal into 7 provinces. As a citizen we must know about the political, geographical, cultural facts about our country. So I m publishing some facts about these provinces as a series for your convenience.
Here geography about provinces id published as a first part of series . Soon I ll publish Political and other facts as well.    

Feature/ Province	Area (sq. km)	No. of districts	State Capital	No.  Local Authority
1	25,905	14	Biratnagar	137
2	9661 (smallest)	8	Janakpur	136
3	20,300	13	Hetauda	119
4	21,504	11	Pokhara	85
5	22,288	12	Butwal	109
Karnali	27,984 (Biggest)	10	Surkhet	79
7	19,539	9	Dhangadi	88

Feature/ Province	Metropolitan municipality	Sub Metropolitan municipality	No. of municipality	No. of Rural Municipality
1	Biratnagar	Itahari Dharan	46	88
2	Birgunj	Janakpur Kalaiya Jeetpur-simara	73	59
3	Kathmandu Lalitpur Bharatpur	Hetauda	41	74
4	Pokhara		26	58
5		Butwal Ghorahi Tulsipur Nepalgunj	32	73
Karnali			25	54
7		Dhangadi	33	54