kathmandu, the capital, is also the largest city followed by biratnagar, the industrial capital of the nation. in terms of area, pokhara is the largest metropolitan city covering a subtotal of 464.28 km while lalitpur is the smallest, with an area of 36.12 km. ghorahi is the largest sub-metropolitan city, with an area of 522.21 km and a population of 156,154 and sitganga is the largest municipality with an area of .