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  1. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › NepalNepal - Wikipedia

    Nepal, [a] officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal, [b] is a landlocked country in South Asia. It is mainly situated in the Himalayas, but also includes parts of the Indo-Gangetic Plain.

  2. 2 days ago · Nepal, country of Asia, lying along the southern slopes of the Himalayan mountain ranges. It is a landlocked country located between India to the east, south, and west and the Tibet Autonomous Region of China to the north. Its territory extends roughly 500 miles (800 kilometres) from east to west and 90 to 150 miles from north to south.

  3. Jan 8, 2024 · Nepal, a landlocked country in South Asia, spans an area of approximately 147,516 km 2 (56,956 mi 2). It sits wedged between two powerful countries, sharing its northern border with China's Tibet Autonomous Region and its other borders with India to the east, west, and south.

  4. Jul 15, 2024 · Provides an overview of Nepal, including key dates and facts about this Himalayan country.

  5. Nepal (Nepali: नेपाल) is a country in South Asia between India and China. Mount Everest, the highest mountain in the world, and the central Himalaya Mountains are in Nepal. [17] 12 of the world's highest mountain peaks are in Nepal. [18] . It is also the birthplace of Buddha. [19] .

  6. www.cia.gov › the-world-factbook › countriesNepal - The World Factbook

    Nov 5, 2024 · After a nationwide Constituent Assembly (CA) election in 2008, the newly formed CA declared Nepal a federal democratic republic, abolished the monarchy, and elected the country's first president. When the CA failed to draft a Supreme Court-mandated constitution, then-Prime Minister Baburam BHATTARAI dissolved the CA.

  7. Dec 21, 2021 · landlocked; strategic location between China and India; contains eight of world's 10 highest peaks, including Mount Everest and Kanchenjunga - the world's tallest and third tallest mountains - on the borders with China and India respectively.

  8. Nepal, officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal, is a country in South Asia. India borders the landlocked country to the south, east, and west, and China’s Tibet region to the north. Nepal is separated from Bangladesh by the Siliguri Corridor and Bhutan by the northeast Indian state of Sikkim.

  9. Nov 5, 2024 · Country Factsheet. PDF. Introduction. Background. During the late 18th and 19th centuries, the principality of Gorkha united many other principalities and states of the sub-Himalayan region into a Nepali Kingdom.

  10. Nepal, known officially as the State of Nepal, is a landlocked Himalayan country in South Asia. It is a culturally rich kingdom with eight of the world's highest mountains. For a small territory, the Nepali landscape is uncommonly diverse, ranging from the humid Terai in the south to the lofty Himalayas in the north.