Nepal

Federal Democratic Republic o Nepal सङ्घीय लोकतान्त्रिक गणतन्त्र नेपाल (Nepali) Sanghiya Loktāntrik Ganatantra Nepāl
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Motto: जननी जन्मभूमिश्च स्वर्गादपि गरीयसी (Sanskrit) Mither an Mutherland are Greater nor Heiven (Scots)
Anthem: सयौं थुँगा फूलका (Nepali) Made o Hunders o Flouers (Scots)
Caipital and largest city	Kathmandu 27°42′N 85°19′E
Offeecial leids	Nepali
Recognised regional leids	Awadhi Bhojpuri Bajjika Gurung Kiranti Limbu Magar Maithili Newar Rai Sherpa Tamang Tharu Urdu
Ethnic groups (2011)	Ethnic demografie 16.6% Chhettri 12.2% Brahman-Hill 7.1% Magar 6.6% Tharu 5.8% Tamang 5% Newar 4.8% Kami 4.4% Muslim 4% Yadav 2.3% Rai 2% Gurung 1.8% Damai/Dholii 1.6% Thakuri 1.5% Limbu 1.4% Sarki 1.4% Teli 1.3% Chamar/Harijan/Ram 1.2% Koiri/Kushwaha 19% Ither
Releegion	81.3% Hinduism 9% Buddhism 4.4% Islam 3% Kirant 1.4% Christianity 0.4% Animism 0.5% Irreleegion
Demonym(s)	Nepalese
Govrenment	Federal pairlamentar republic
• Preses	Bidhya Devi Bhandari
• Vice Preses	Nanda Kishor Pun
• Prime Meenister	Sher Bahadur Deuba
• Speaker o Hoose	Agni Prasad Sapkota
• Chief Juistice	Cholendra Shumsher JB Rana
Legislatur	Pairlament
Unification
• Kinrick declared	25 September 1768
• State declared	15 Januar 2007
• Republic declared	28 Mey 2008
Aurie
• Total	147,181 km2 (56,827 sq mi) (95th)
• Water (%)	2.8
Population
• 2017 estimate	28,825,709 (48t)
• 2011 census	26,494,504
• Density	180/km2 (466.2/sq mi) (62nt)
GDP (PPP)	2016 estimate
• Total	$74.020 billion
• Per capita	$2,573
GDP (nominal)	2016 estimate
• Tot	$24.067 billion ((107th))
• Per capita	$837
Gini (2010)	32.8 medium
HDI (2016)	0.558 medium · 144th
Currency	Nepalese rupee (NPR)
Time zone	UTC+05:45 (Nepal Staundart Time)
	DST nae observed
Drivin side	left
Cawin code	+977
ISO 3166 code	NP
Internet TLD	.np .नेपाल

Nepal (pronounced /nɛˈpɔːl/ ^{(deprecatit template)} ne-PAWL Nepali: नेपाल [neˈpal] ), offeecially the Federal Democratic Republic o Nepal, is a landlockt kintra in Sooth Asie. It is locatit in the Himalayas an bordered tae the north bi the Fowkrepublic o Cheenae, an tae the sooth, east, an wast bi the Republic o Indie. Wi an aurie o 147,181 square kilometres (56,827 sq mi) an a population o approximately 30 million, Nepal is the warld's 93rd lairgest kintra b land mass an the 41st maist populous kintra. Kathmandu is the naition's caipital an the kintra's lairgest metropolis.

Nepal haes a rich geography. The muntainous north haes aicht o the warld's ten tawest muntains, includin the hichtest pynt on Yird, Munt Everest, cawed Sagarmatha in Nepali. It contains mair nor 240 peaks ower 20,000 ft (6,096 m) abuin sea level. The fertile an humid sooth is heavily urbanised.

Bi some measures, Hinduism is practised bi a lairger majority o fowk in Nepal than in ony ither naition. Buddhism, tho a minority faith in the kintra, is linkt historically wi Nepal as the birthplace o the Buddha. Thare are 3 different buddhist tradeetions: Himalayan Buddhism, Buddhism o Kathmandu Valley (maistly Mahayana an Vajrayana), an an aa the Theravada Buddhism.

Aboot hauf o the population live belaw the internaitional poverty line o $1.25 a day.

A monarchy throughoot maist o its history, Nepal wis ruled bi the Shah dynasty o keengs frae 1768, when Prithvi Narayan Shah unified its mony sma kinricks. In 2006, housomeivver, a decade-lang Fowkrevolution bi the Communist Pairty o Nepal (Maoist) alang wi several weeks o mass protests bi aw major poleetical pairties o Nepal culminatit in a peace accord, an the ensuin elections for the constituent assembly votit owerwhelmingly in favor o the abdication o the last Nepali monarch Gyanendra Shah an the establishment o a federal democratic republic in 28 Mey 2008. The first Preses o Nepal, Ram Baran Yadav, wis sworn in on 23 Julie 2008.

• Nepal
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  Kathmandu
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  Kathmandu
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  Bhaktapur
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  Patan
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  Himalaya
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  Himalaya
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  Mustang
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  Changu Narayan