Nawalparasi District
| Nawalparāsī Jillā नवलपरासी जिल्ला |
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 Location of Nawalparasi |
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| Country | Nepal |
| Region | Western Development Region, Nepal |
| Zone | Lumbini Zone |
| Headquarter | Ramgram |
| Time zone | NPT (UTC+5:45) |
| Main language(s) | Nepali, Tharu and Magar |
Nawalparasi District (Nepali: , 
Listen , part of which belongs to Province No. 4 and part to Province No. 5, is one of the seventy-five districts of Nepal, a landlocked country of South Asia. The district, with Ramgram as its district headquarters, covers an area of 2,162 square kilometres (835 sq mi) and has a population (2011) of 643,508.
This district has given birth to many Nepal's top-level people, including the late Prime Minister Tanka Prasad Acharya. The midpoint of Nepal's east–west highway Mahendra Highway lies in this district. The Nawalpur valley is the part of greater Chitwan Valley of inner terai where most of the populations are the Terai caste Tharu,Hill castes people Magar and Brahmins who settled migrating from the hills. The big industries such as Chaudhary Udhyog Gram (CUG), Bhrikuti pulp and paper factory are located in the nawalpur area of this district. Since Parasi is the headquarter of Nawalparasi district many of the clerical offices are located there. Nepal's one of the biggest Sugar factory, Lumbini Sugar Industry, which was made by China's support, also lies in Sunwal Municipality of this district. Nowadays many industries are also being operated here like Sarbottam Cement factory, butwal cement factory,Triveni distillery, cement factory of CG in dumkibas, jamuwad paper factory and other cottage industries. Developing cities such as Devchuli Municipality, Gaindakot Municipality, Kawasoti Municipality Sunwal Municipality, Madhyabindu Municipality and Bardaghat Municipality are located here. Famous towns in Nawalpur Ragion are Gaidakot, Rajahar, Keurani, Pragatinagar, Kawasoti, aidnagar Danda, Chormara, Arunkhola etc. Half of the Nawalpur Region is mainly hilly areas mainly populated by Brahmins, Magar and Chhetri people and terai area is mainly populated by Tharu people.
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