LOCATION |
The kingdom of Nepal lies between 80º 4' and 88º
12' east longitude and 26º 22' north latitude. It
borders with China in the North and India in the South. |
AREA |
1,47,181 sq. Kms. |
ALTITUDE |
Varies from 70 to 8848 meters. |
CAPITAL |
Kathmandu |
POPULATION |
26 million |
LANGUAGE |
Nepali, the national language is the common language
in Nepal. However different ethnic groups have their own
mother languages like Tamang, Gurung, Newari, Maithili,
Sherpa, Bhojpuri, Rai Tharu etc. |
CURRENCY |
Currency of Nepal is known as Rupee, which comes in
notes of 1,2,5,10,20,25,50,100,500and 1000. Coins known
as paisa comes in 5,10,25,50 and 100.Rupees coins are
also used; 1,2,5,and 10.One Nepali Rupee is made up of
100 paisa. Foreign currencies must be exchanged only through
the banks or authorized foreign exchange dealers. |
TIME |
Nepal Time is 5 hour 45 minutes ahead of Greenwich Mean
Time and 15 minutes ahead of Indian Standard Time. |
WEEKEND |
Saturday is the official holiday in Nepal. |
ELECTRIC CURRENT |
220 Volts/50 cycles. Most of the villages and cities
of the kingdom are supplied with electricity. |
CULTURE |
Nepal is one of the remaining independent kingdoms of
the world. It is predominantly Hindu population has been
greatly tempered by Buddhism of China and Tibet and to
a much lesser extent of Islamic Muslim and Christians;
it is a mosaic of culture, ethnics groups, and 30 different
ethnic languages. |
RELIGION |
Hinduism and Buddhism are two major religions of Nepal.
Hindus and Buddhist are tolerant to each other and the
both religious group worship each other’s deities
and observe festivals, traditional customs and rites of
both religious group in Nepal, followed by Christians
and Muslims. |
NATURE REGIONS |
Himalayan Hilly Terai |
HIMALAYAN REGIONS |
15 percent of the total land of the country are covered
with snow capped mountains in the northern part and altitude
ranges from 4,877 to 8,848 meters including 8 peaks above
the 8,000 meters namely Mt Everest (8,848m), Kanchanjungha
(8,586), Lhotse (8,516), Makalu (8,463m), Cho Oyu (8,201m),
Dhaulagiri (8,167 m), Manaslu (8,163 m) and Annapurna
I (8,091 m). |
HILLY REGION |
The hills and mountains in the central part of Nepal
cover 68 percent of the total land of the country. Altitude
varies from 610 to 4,877 meters in this region. |
TERAI REGION |
In the southern part, the plain area of Terai region
covers the 17 percent of the total land of the country. |
CLIMATE |
Nepal has a typical monsoon two seasons a year: the
dry season, (October to May) and the wet season (June
to September) temperatures are generally hottest in the
summer months of April to June, and the coolest during
December and January. Winter Trekking from November to
February offers cool to mild and clear days with often-cold
nights. Temperatures during the day at lower altitudes
are generally mild around 20 degrees, at attitude above
3,000meters temperatures will be lower at around 10 degree
during the day, and can lower than 10 degree some nights. |
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