Karnali Zone

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Karnali Zone/Khasan कर्णाली अञ्चल/खसान
Zone
Country	Nepal
Region	Mid-Western
Zone	Karnali
Time zone	UTC+5:45 (Nepal Time)

Karnali Zone (Nepali: खसान अञ्चलListen^ⓘ) was one of the fourteen zones located in the Mid-Western Development Region of Nepal. The headquarters of Karnali Zone was Jumla.

Karnali Zone was one of the poorest and most remote regions of Nepal, not very accessible by road yet. There are airfields in all districts except Kalikot which is connected seasonally by roadways to Jumla Airport.

Karnali Zone was the largest zone of Nepal, with two national parks. Shey Phoksundo National Park Shey Phoksundo (with Phoksundo Lake—the deepest lake of Nepal), famous for the snow leopard, is Nepal's largest park with an area of 3,555 km². Rara National Park surrounds Rara Lake—at 10.2 km², Nepal's largest lake—known as the "Pearl of Nepal".