What is Lumbini Province?
'''Lumbini Province''' ({{lang-ne|लुम्बिनी प्रदेश}}) is one of the [[Provinces of Nepal|seven provinces]] of [[Nepal]]. The [[2021 Nepal census]] said that 5,124,225 people live there. It was known as '''Province No. 5''' until the name was changed in 2020. The [[capital city]] is [[Deukhuri]].<ref>{{cite web|title=It's official now: Dang is capital of Province 5, renamed as Lumbini|date=6 October 2020 |url=https://english.onlinekhabar.com/its-official-now-dang-is-capital-of-province-5-renamed-as-lumbini.html|access-date=6 October 2020|publisher=OnlineKhabar|archive-date=21 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210121114724/https://english.onlinekhabar.com/its-official-now-dang-is-capital-of-province-5-renamed-as-lumbini.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Province 5 to be named Lumbini, Dang's Deukhuri permanent capital|url=https://myrepublica.nagariknetwork.com/news/province-5-to-be-named-lumbini-dang-s-bhalubang-permanent-capital/|access-date=6 October 2020|work=[MyRepública|archive-date=27 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201127201149/https://myrepublica.nagariknetwork.com/news/province-5-to-be-named-lumbini-dang-s-bhalubang-permanent-capital/|url-status=live}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} [[Category:Provinces of Nepal]] {{Asia-stub}}