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Nepal
Location marker · geographic overview
28° N / 84° ETHE WORLD, ONE COUNTRY AT A TIME
- Capital
- Kathmandu
- Population
- 29,651,054 2024
- Area
- 147,181 km² (year unavailable)
- Languages source-listed
- Nepali
- Currency
- Nepalese rupee (NPR)
- Geography
- Landlocked
Population: World Bank 2024. Other facts: REST Countries snapshot. Sources & limitations.
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FROM THE TRAVEL GUIDE · Nepal
Nepal (Nepali: नेपाल Nepāl) is a landlocked country in the Himalayas of South Asia. It has eight of the world's 10 highest peaks, including Mount Everest, the world's tallest, on the border with Tibet, as well as Lumbini, the birthplace of Gautama Buddha, the founder of Buddhism. Once many small kingdoms, then united as a monarchy for two centuries, Nepal has been a republic since 2008.
Landscape & landmarks
There are four UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Nepal: […] The Kathmandu Valley, obviously including the capital but also the cities of Bhaktapur and Patan. […] Sagarmatha National Park. […] Chitwan National Park. […] Lumbini, the birthplace of Buddha.Read the see section ↗
Food & everyday culture
The Nepali national meal is daal-bhaat-tarkaari. It is spiced lentils poured over boiled rice, and served with tarkari: vegetables cooked with spices. This is served in most Nepalese homes and teahouses, two meals a day at about 10:00 and 19:00 or 20:00. If rice is scarce the grain part may be cornmeal mush called aata, barley, or sukkha roti (whole wheat 'tortillas').Read the eat section ↗
Excerpts from Wikivoyage contributors, revision 2026-09-25. CC BY-SA 4.0. Selected excerpts; wiki formatting removed; omissions marked […]. Guide wording and any figures belong to this dated source; they do not replace the atlas statistics above. Food descriptions are not official national-dish designations.
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- National flower
- Not yet verified
- Official national dish
- Not yet verified
- Representative food
- Not yet verified
- Subregion
- Southern Asia
- Calling code
- +977
- Internet domain
- .np
- Land border codes
- CHN, IND
Quick facts
- Traffic keeps to the left side of the road. Source ↗
- The country-code web domain is .np. Source ↗
- The source lists sunday as the start of the week. Source ↗
Population: World Bank 2024. Other facts: REST Countries snapshot. Source-matched September 26, 2026; not live data. Sources & limitations.