NEPAL: Country of Asia, lying along the southern slopes of the Himalayan Mountain ranges, it is landlocked country located between India to the east, south, and west and the Tibet Autonomous Region of China to the north. Its territory extends about 500 miles (800 kilometres) from east to west and 90 to 150 miles from north to south.
AREA: 147,181 sq. KM
CAPITAL: Kathmandu, a historical city with rich cultural heritage and living cultural museum
LANGUAGE: 123 languages are spoken but Nepali is the main official language of communication. English is widely spoken in the capital, other urban centres and tourist areas
PEOPLE: Nepal has 124 ethnic groups
CURRENCY: Nepalese Rupee
POLITICAL SYSTEM: Federal Democratic Republic
GOVERNMENT: Nepal follows a parliamentary democracy with a ceremonial President as Head of State and a Prime Minister as Head of Government.
RELIGION: Hindu, Buddhist, Muslim, Christian, Kirant, Jain, Shikhs and other
STANDARD TIME: 5:45 ahead of GMT
FLAG: The national flag of Nepal is the world’s only national flag that is non-quadrilateral in shape
DID YOU KNOW?
The national greeting is ‘Namaste’ which means ‘I celebrate the divinity in you’.
The Kumari Devi is revered by both Hindus and Buddhists in Nepal as a ‘living Goddess’
Nepal is said to be the home of the Yeti – a large, hairy creature that lives high in the Himalayan mountains
Nepal is home to 8 out of 14 8,000m peaks, including Mount Everest, the highest mountain in the world at 8,848m
Nepal is one of the very few countries in the world where you can see OneHorned Rhinoceros
Nepal is a paradise for bird watchers with more than 450 species of birds.
The Royal Chitwan National Park, a wildlife museum is one of the best National Parks in Asia
Nepal is a paradise for white water paddlers and Mountain climbers.
Nepal is the birthplace of Lord Buddha
1815 NepaleseGurkhas first began serving in the British Army
“Bengal Tiger, Red Panda and Snow Leopard” these endangered animals all found in Nepal
Nepal is the only country with altitudinal variation that ranges from 59 meters to 8848 meters
Largest Lake RARA
“KAJIN SARA LAKE” is the one of the highest altitude lakes in the world 5002 metre above sea level
Longest River KARNALI
KALI GANDAKI RIVER Gorge is the deepest river gorge in the world.
