Interactive map of Nepal's 7 provinces, 77 districts and 747 local units (municipalities & rural municipalities). Hover any area to see its name; switch between province, district and local-unit outlines. Boundaries are drawn from open Nepal administrative-boundary data — not estimated.
General, factual background to keep in mind when buying or building anywhere in Nepal. This is educational information about the country as a whole — it is not a per-property or per-area risk rating.
Earthquake
Nepal sits on the active collision zone between the Indian and Eurasian plates and is, as a whole, one of the world's more seismically active countries.
Large, damaging earthquakes have occurred historically — including the April 2015 Gorkha earthquake (magnitude 7.8).
Construction quality and adherence to the National Building Code matter a great deal. Ask whether a building was engineered and built to current code, and check for a building-permit / completion certificate from the local municipality.
Soft, saturated, or filled soils can amplify shaking. A qualified structural / geotechnical engineer is the right person to assess a specific site or building.
Flood & landslide
The monsoon (roughly June–September) brings heavy rainfall. Low-lying Terai plains and land near rivers can experience seasonal flooding and waterlogging.
Steep hill and mountain districts can be exposed to landslides and debris flows, especially after intense rain.
Practical due-diligence questions: how close is the plot to a river or stream, what is the local drainage like, and has the area flooded in past monsoons? Neighbours and the ward office are useful local sources.
For official forecasts and warnings, the Department of Hydrology and Meteorology (DHM) publishes river and weather bulletins.
Area-specific risk mapping is not shown yet.
We deliberately do notdisplay per-property or per-area hazard scores or “safe / unsafe” labels, because we have not yet integrated an authoritative public hazard dataset. Detailed seismic and flood hazard mapping will be added only when backed by published data from sources such as the National Society for Earthquake Technology (NSET), ICIMOD, the Department of Mines and Geology, or the Department of Hydrology and Meteorology. Until then, nothing on this page is an invented or computed risk number.
