Rapti Zone

Rapti (Nepali: राप्ती अञ्चल  Listen ), is one of the fourteen zones, located in the Mid-Western Development Region of Nepal. It is named after the (west) Rapti River which drains Rolpa, Pyuthan and part of Dang districts. The remainder of Dang and part of Salyan district are drained by the Babai. The remainder of Salyan and all of Rukum districts are drained by the Bheri.

The headquarters of Rapti is Tulsipur and the largest city is Tribhuvannagar (Ghorahi). Other main cities and towns of Rapti zone are Pyuthan Khalanga, Bijuwar, Liwang, Lamahi, Musikot, Rukumkot (Shova) and Chaurajhari.

Districts

Rapti is divided into 5 districts:

Geography

Dang District begins at the border with India. Since the border follows the southern edge of the Dudhwa Range -- a subrange of the Siwaliks, here there is no Nepalese Outer Terai extending onto the main Indo-Gangetic Plain. Dang has two Inner Terai Valleys. Deukhuri lies beyond the Dudhwas, then a second low subrange -- the Dang Range -- separates Deukhuri from Dang Valley. Beyond Dang Valley the district extends to the crest of the higher Mahabharat Range.