Kalikot is one of the seventy-seven districts of Nepal, in Karnali Province, with its district headquarters at Manma, today part of Khandachakra Municipality. The district's nickname is Tribeni, after a confluence (triveni) of rivers. It was historically part of the Karnali Zone of the Mid-Western Development Region before Nepal's federal restructuring. In September 2005 the government announced it would provide rice to any family that had recently had a girl born, in a bid to encourage a change in social attitudes. The district is now divided into nine municipalities: three urban (Khandachakra, Raskot, Tilagufa) and six rural municipalities.
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