NEPAL

Introduction

Location
Nepal Lies between 80[0] 4' and 88[0] 12' east longitude and 26[0] 22' long latitude. It borders with China in the ANorth and India in the East, West and South.
Area
147181 Sq. Kms.

 Altitude
Varies from 70 to 8,848 meters.
Capital
Kathmandu.
Population
29,391,883 (July 2011 est.)
Language
Nepali, the national language is the comman language in Nepal. However different ethnic have their own languages lake Tamang, Gurung, Maithaili, Sherpa, Bhojpuri, Rai, Tharu etc.
Population Density
183 per sq. Kms (as of 2008)
Currency
Currency of Nepal is Known as Rupee which comes in notes of 1,2,5,10,20,25,50,100,250,500 and 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 Rupeee is made up of 100 paisa. Foreign currencies must be exchanged only through the banks or authorized exchange dealers.
Time
Nepal Time is 5 hours 45 minutes ahead of Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).
Weekend
Saturday is the offical holioday in Nepal.
Electronic Current
220 Volts/50 cycles. Most of the villages, cities of the kingdom are accessed with electricity.
Topography
Himalayan Region: 15% of the total land of the country are covered with snow copped mountain 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 (8,568m), Lhotse (8,516m), Makalu(8,463m), Cho Oyu (8,201m), Dhaulagiri (8,167m), Manaslu(8,163m) and Annapurna I(8,091m).
Hilly Region: 68% of the total land of the country is covered by the hills and mountains in the central part of Nepal. 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% of the total land of the country,boarding India.