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Location : In
Asia, between
India and the
Tibetan
Autonomous
region of the
People’s
Republic China.
Latitude/Longitude :
26 Degree 12’
and 30 Degree
27’ North / 80
Degree 4’ and 88
Degree12’ East.
Area : 147,181
sq. km. Capital:
Kathmandu
Time : Nepal Time
is 5 hours 45
minutes ahead of
GMT
People : 40
Ethnic Groups
and 70 Spoken
languages
Population :
25,000,000
approximately.
Political
System:
Multiparty
Democracy with
Constitutional
Monarch.
Topography : From
the world’s
deepest gorge,
‘Kali-Gandaki’
to the highest
point on the
earth ‘The
Everest.’ Hilly
and
mountainous-77%,
Terai low lands
-23% (more than
25% above 3000
m.)
Weather : Climate
ranges from
Tropical in the
low lands to
Arctic in higher
altitudes.
Seasons : Winter
(December –
February) -1 to
150 C. Summer
(March – May),
24 to 320 C.
Monsoon (June –
August), 24 to
350 C. Autumn
(September –
November), 10 to
180 C.
World Heritage
Sites
(Cultural):
Bhaktapur Durbar
Square(Bhaktapur),
Bouddha
Nath(Kathmandu),
Changunarayan (Bhaktapur),
Kathmandu Durbar
Square(Kathmandu),
Pashupatinath(Kathmandu),
Patan Durbar
Squire(Lalitpur),
Swayambhu Nath
(Kathmandu).
(Natural):
Everest National
Park (1148 sq.
km.) and Royal
Chitwan National
Park (932 sq.
km.).
Art Galleries :
45 approximately
Art Institutes :
- Fine Arts
Campus
(governmental),
- Sirjana
College of Fine
Arts affiliated
to T.U.
(private).
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