sudurpashchim pradesh () ("far-west province") is one of the seven provinces established by the new constitution of nepal which was adopted on 20 september 2015. it borders the tibet autonomous region of china to the north, karnali pradesh and province no. 5 to the east, and the indian states of uttarakhand to the west and uttar pradesh to the south. initially known as province no. 7, the newly elected provincial assembly adopted sudurpashchim pradesh as the permanent name for the province in september 2018. as per a 28 september 2018 assembly voting, the city of godawari has been declared the capital of the province.