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About
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Nepal, Nepāl,
नेपाल |
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Flag |
Emblem |
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Motto: "Mother and Motherland are Greater than Heaven" |
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Anthem: "Sayaun Thunga Phool Ka" |
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Capital
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Kathmandu (Nepali: काठमाण्डौ)
27°42′N, 85°19′E |
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Official languages |
Nepali |
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Recognised regional languages |
Maithili, Nepal Bhasa, Bhojpuri, Tharu, Gurung, Tamang, Magar, Awadhi, Sherpa, Kiranti and another 100 different indigenous languages. |
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Demonym |
Nepali |
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Government |
Federal republic |
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President |
Dr. Rambaran
Yadav |
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Vice-President |
Parmananda Jha |
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Prime Minister |
Pushpa Kamal Dahal ‘Prachanda’ |
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Unification |
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Kingdom declared |
December 21, 1768 |
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State declared |
January 15, 2007 |
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Republic declared |
May 28, 2008 |
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Area |
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Total |
147,181 km˛ (93rd)
56,827 sq mi |
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Water (%) |
2.8 |
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Population |
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July 2008 estimate |
29,519,114 (40th) |
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2003 census |
23,151,423 |
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Density |
184/km˛ (56th)
477/sq mi |
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GDP (PPP) |
2006 estimate |
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Total |
$48.18 billion (87th) |
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Per capita |
$1,500 (164th) |
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Gini (2003–04) |
47.2 (high) |
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HDI (2007) |
▲ 0.534 (medium) (142nd) |
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Currency |
Rupee (NPR) |
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Time zone |
NPT (UTC+5:45) |
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Summer (DST) |
not observed (UTC+5:45) |
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Internet TLD |
.np |
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Calling code |
+977 |
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Nepal |
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Nepal (Nepali: नेपाल), is a landlocked country in South
Asia. It is bordered by China to the north and by India to
the south, east and west. The Himalaya mountain range runs
across Nepal's northern and western parts, and eight of the
world's ten highest mountains, including the highest, Mount
Everest, are within its territory.
The modern state was formed with the Unification of Nepal by
Prithvi Narayan Shah on December 21, 1768. Prior to 2006,
Nepal was a kingdom and the only nation with Hinduism as its
official religion.[citation needed] At present, Nepal is
officially a federal democratic republic.[citation needed]
Its recent history has involved struggles for democratic
government with periods of direct monarchic rule. From 1995
until 2006, Nepal suffered from a Civil War between
government forces and Maoist guerrillas of the Communist
Party of Nepal.
On December 28, 2007, the Interim Parliament passed a bill
and declared Nepal to be a Federal Democratic Republic. The
first meeting of the Constituent Assembly officially
implemented that declaration on May 28, 2008.
Nepal is a multi-cultural, multi-linguistic and multi
religious country. For a relatively small country, Nepal has
a diverse landscape, ranging from the humid Terai plains in
the south to the mountainous Himalayas in the north, which
makes it a major tourist destination. Hinduism is practised
by a huge majority of the people, but the country also has a
strong Buddhist tradition; Lumbini, the birthplace of Buddha
Siddhartha Gautama is located in the Terai, one of the three
regions of Nepal.
The capital Kathmandu is the largest city in the country.
The official language is Nepali and the state currency is
the Nepalese Rupee (NPR). Nepal's Flag is the only national
flag in the world that is non-quadrilateral in shape. It is
believed that Lord Vishnu had organized the Nepali people
and given them this flag, with the sun and moon as emblems
on it.[2] In a Hindu Purana, it is written that it was Lord
Shiva who handed the flag to Lord Vishnu, and then Lord
Vishnu to Lord Indra, for the purpose for battling demons. |
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