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The
Panchayat System established under His Majesty King Mahendra,
was abandoned in April 1990, when a new Constitution was adopted.
Today, Nepal has a bicameral legislature consisting of the House
of Representatives (the Lower House with 205 members elected
every five years) and the National Assembly (the Upper House
with 60 members, each with a tenure of six years). A third of
the members of the upper house retire every two years. Of the
60 members, 15 are elected by the local government, 35 by proportional
representation, and 10 are nominated by the king. Administrative
Divisions Nepal is divided into five development regions and
14 zones. Each zone consists of four to five districts, the
total being 75. There are 16 districts in the Himalayan region,
39 in the hills and 20 in the Terai. The lowest level of administration
is the Village Development Committee (VDC). There are 3,996
VDCs in Nepal.
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