Karnali Zone

Karnali कर्णाली
Zone
Country	Nepal
Region	Mid-Western
Zone	Karnali
Time zone	Nepal Time (UTC+5:45)

Karnali (Nepali: कर्णाली अञ्चल Listen (help·info), is one of the fourteen zones located in the Mid-Western Development Region of Nepal. The headquarters of Karnali Zone is Jumla.

Karnali Zone is one of the poorest and most remote regions of Nepal, not very accessible by road yet. There are airfields in all districts except Kalikot which is connected by seasonal roadways to Jumla Airport.

Karnali Zone is the largest zone of Nepal, with two National Parks. Shey Phoksundo National Park Shey Phoksundo (with Phoksundo Lake), famous for the Snow Leopard is Nepal's largest Park with area of 3,555 km². Rara National Park surrounds Rara Lake -- Nepal's largest lake 10.2 km² -- known as the Pearl of Nepal.

The current King of Karnali anchal is Raja Mahendra Chand of Kumaon, married to Rani Gita Chand

Karnali is divided into five districts:

v t e Regions and Zones of Nepal Eastern Region (Purwanchal) Kosi Mechi Sagarmatha Central Region (Madhyamanchal) Bagmati Janakpur Narayani Western Region (Pashchimanchal) Dhawalagiri Gandaki Lumbini Mid-Western Region (Madhya Pashchimanchal) Bheri Karnali Rapti Far-Western Region (Sudur Pashchimanchal) Mahakali Seti

Coordinates: 29°35′N 82°10′E / 29.583°N 82.167°E / 29.583; 82.167

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