gandaki pradesh () is one of the seven federal provinces established by the current constitution of nepal which was promulgated on 20 september 2015. pokhara is the province's capital city. it borders the tibet autonomous region of china to the north, bagmati pradesh to the east, karnali pradesh to the west, and province no. 5 and uttar pradesh of india to the south. the total area of the province is 21,504 km². according to the latest census, the population of the province was 2,403,757. the newly elected provincial assembly adopted gandaki pradesh as the permanent name by replacing its initial name province no. 4 for in july 2018.