Nepal, land of the Mount Everest and birth place of Gautam Buddha, is a landlocked country in South Asia. Nepal is officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal. Nepal is a multiethnic nation with Nepali as the official language and Kathmandu as the nation’s capital city. Nepal’s national anthem is सयौं थुँगा फूलका (Nepali) Made of Hundreds of Flowers (English) and it has its motto जननी जन्मभूमिश्च स्वर्गादपि गरीयसी (Sanskrit) Mother and Motherland are Greater than Heaven (English). Nepal is often called a yam between two boulders as it borders China in the north and India in the east, west and south.
General Information
| Official language |
Nepali |
| Capital city |
Kathmandu |
| Area |
147,181 km2 (56,827 sq miles) |
| Population |
Approx 26.4 million |
| Currency |
Nepalese rupee (NPR) |
| Time zone |
UTC+05:45 (Nepal Standard Time) |
Government Information
| Kingdom of Nepal |
1768 – 2008 |
| Republic of Nepal |
2008 – Present |
| Government type |
Federal parliamentary republic |
| President |
Bidhya Devi Bhandari |
| Vice President |
Nanda Kishor Pun |
| Prime Minister |
Khadga Prasad Oli |
| Chief Justice |
Om Prakash Mishra |
| House Speaker |
Krishna Bahadur Mahara |
| Minister for Foreign Affairs |
Pradeep Kumar Gyawali |
Geographical Information
| Physiographic areas |
3 (Himal, Pahad, Terai) |
| Provinces |
7 |
| Districts |
77 |
| Metropolises |
6 |
| Sub-metropolises |
11 |
| Municipal councils |
276 |
| Village council |
460 |
| Local units |
753 |
