Mahakali ( ne, महाकाली) is a
municipality located in
Darchula District of
Sudurpashchim Province
Sudurpashchim Province ( ne, सुदूरपश्चिम प्रदेश, ''Sudurpashchim Province'') (''Far-West Province'') is one of the seven provinces established by the new constitution of Nepal which was adopted on 20 September ...
of
Nepal.
The municipality was established on 18 May 2014 named "Api Municipality" merging the former
village development committees
A village development committee ( ne, गाउँ विकास समिति; ''gāum̐ vikās samiti'') in Nepal was the lower administrative part of its Ministry of Federal Affairs and Local Development. Each district had several VDCs, ...
of:
Brahmadev,
Chhapari
Chhapari is a market center in Api Municipality in Darchula District in the Mahakali Zone of western Nepal. The formerly Village Development Committee was merged to form new municipality since 18 May 2014. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census ...
,
Dhap
Dhap is a market center in Api Municipality in Darchula District in the Mahakali Zone of western Nepal. The formerly Village Development Committee (Nepal), Village Development Committee was merged to form new municipality since 18 May 2014. At t ...
,
Kante and
Khalanga. The total area of "Api municipality" had and it had total population of 20,797 people.
Fulfilling the requirement of the new
Constitution of Nepal 2015, all old municipalities and villages (which were more than 3900 in number) were restructured into 753 new units, thus this municipality upgraded into Mahakali municipality
On 10 March 2017, during upgradation of Api municipality a small portion of this municipality (ward 1, 2 & 3) excluded from it and
Dattu Village development committee merged to it and renamed as Mahakali municipality.
Now total area of the municipality has and total population of it is 21231 people, the municipality is divided into total 9 wards.
References
{{Darchula District
Municipalities in Darchula District
Nepal municipalities established in 2014
Populated places in Darchula District
Darchula District