NEPAL is a land locked mountainous country where Mount Everest, 8848 mtr., the World's Highest Peak is situated. Its the Birth Place of Light of Asia, Lord Buddha. It's bio-diversity, ancient ethnics-diversity, shrines, rites & rituals, temples, palaces and squares are famous all over the world. Nepal is the second richest country in Water Resources. Nepal is divided in three geographical regions: Himalayan Region, Mountain Region & Terai Region.

Continent : Asia

Capital : Kathmandu

Geography
Area : 147181 Sq. Kms.
Length : 885 Km (East to West)
Width : Non-Uniform, Mean width of 193 Kms. from North to South
Shape : Roughly Rectangular

Boundaries
East : India
West : India
North : China
South : India

Altitude Range : From 70m above sea level (230ft) in the Terai, to 8848 m (29,028 ft) at Sagarmatha (Mt. Everest), 1330 m at Kathmandu (Capital of Nepal)

Time : 15 minutes ahead of Indian Standard Time, 5 hours 45 minutes ahead of GMT

Population : 2,75,00,000 Approx

People : Nepal has more than 60 caste/ethnic groups & 70 spoken languages

Language : Nepali is the national language, Devanagari the script.

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