Lumbini Zone

Lumbini Zone(Nepali: लुम्बिनी अञ्चल), is one of the 14 zones of Nepal and is home to Lumbini site, the birth place of Siddhartha Gautama, who later became the historical Buddha and founder of the Buddhist philosophy. The zone's headquarters is Butwal.

Districts

Lumbini is divided into 6 districts, listed below with the headquarters in parentheses:

    * Arghakhanchi District (Sandhikharka)

    * Gulmi District (Tamghas)

    * Kapilvastu District (Taulihawa)

    * Nawalparasi District (Parasi also called Ramgram)

    * Palpa District (Tansen)

    * Rupandehi District (Siddharthanagar, formerly called Bhairahawa)

From : www.wikipedia.org