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Nepal is a landlocked country in South Asia. It is mainly situated in the Himalayas, but also includes parts of the Indo-Gangetic Plain. It borders the Tibet Autonomous Region of China to the north, and India to the south, east, and west, while it is narrowly separated from Bangladesh by the Siliguri Corridor, and from Bhutan by the Indian state of Sikkim. Nepal has a diverse geography, including fertile plains, subalpine forested hills, and eight of the world's ten highest mountains, including Mount Everest, the highest point above mean sea level on Earth. Kathmandu is the nation's capital and its largest city. Nepal is a multi-ethnic, multi-lingual, multi-religious, and multi-cultural sovereign state, with Nepali as the official language. Parts of northern Nepal were intertwined with the culture of Tibet; that of the centrally located Kathmandu Valley is intertwined with the culture of Indo-Aryans, which was the seat of the prosperous…

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Official source: UK Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Facts & statistics

Nepal

Capital: Kathmandu
Language: Nepali
Currency: Nepalese rupee
Time zone: UTC+05:45
Calling code: +977
Internet domain: .np
Driving side: left
Plug type: Europlug
Voltage: 230

Source: Wikidata.

CapitalKathmandu

Population28,087,871

CurrencyNPR

Languagesne,en

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◎Kathmandu1,442,271 residents ◎Pokhara600,051 residents ◎Bharatpur369,377 residents ◎Pātan299,283 residents ◎Birgañj268,273 residents ◎Biratnagar244,750 residents ◎Dhangaḍhi̇̄204,788 residents ◎Hetauda195,951 residents ◎Janakpur195,438 residents ◎Butwāl195,054 residents ◎Dharān173,096 residents ◎Nepalgunj166,258 residents ◎Birendranagar154,886 residents ◎Madhyapur Thimi119,955 residents ◎Lahān102,955 residents ◎Bhimdatta88,381 residents ◎Triyuga71,405 residents ◎Inaruwa70,093 residents ◎Rājbirāj69,803 residents ◎Banepā67,629 residents ◎Siddharthanagar63,367 residents ◎Gulariyā53,107 residents ◎Chautārā51,347 residents ◎Īṭahari̇̄47,984 residents ◎Panauti46,595 residents ◎Ṭikāpur44,758 residents ◎Ki̇̄rtipur44,632 residents ◎Chari̇̄koṭ40,000 residents ◎Tulsi̇̄pur39,058 residents ◎Dipayal33,968 residents ◎Panauti̇̄27,602 residents ◎Gaur27,325 residents ◎Siraha24,657 residents ◎Tānsen23,693 residents ◎Jaleshwar23,573 residents ◎Bāgluṅ23,296 residents ◎Khā̃dbāri̇̄22,903 residents ◎Dhankutā22,084 residents ◎Wāliṅ21,867 residents ◎Dailekh20,908 residents ◎Malaṅgawā20,284 residents ◎Bhadrapur19,523 residents ◎Amargaḍhi̇̄19,014 residents ◎Dārchulā18,317 residents ◎Ilām17,491 residents ◎Dhulikhel16,263 residents ◎Chapali̇̄ Bhaḍrakāli̇̄10,827 residents ◎kankrabari Dovan10,000 residents ◎Jumla9,073 residents ◎Lobuche8,767 residents ◎Kusma6,758 residents ◎Bhattarai Danda5,510 residents ◎Besisahar5,427 residents ◎Nagarkot4,000 residents ◎Bhojpur3,250 residents ◎Chitre2,860 residents ◎Bhojpur2,640 residents ◎Namche Bazaar2,324 residents ◎Dihi2,210 residents ◎Mustāng1,899 residents ◎Kodāri̇̄1,600 residents ◎Silgaḍhi̇̄Travel guide ◎SalyānTravel guide ◎RāmechhāpTravel guide ◎PyūthānTravel guide ◎LamjungTravel guide ◎Kalikot DistrictTravel guide ◎GhorahiTravel guide ◎ChainpurTravel guide ◎BhaktapurTravel guide ◎BardiyāTravel guide ◎AchhāmTravel guide ◎SurkhetTravel guide ◎DeukhurīTravel guide

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Airports

Gautam Buddha International AirportSiddharthanagar (Bhairahawa)BWAPokhara International AirportPokharaPHH Tribhuvan International AirportKathmanduKTM Biratnagar AirportBiratnagarBIR Janakpur AirportJanakpurJKR Nepalgunj AirportNepalgunjKEP Pokhara Domestic AirportPokharaPKR Taplejung AirportTaplejungTPJ Tenzing-Hillary AirportLuklaLUA Baglung AirportBaglungBGL Baitadi AirportBaitadiBIT Bajhang AirportBajhangBJH