General Knowledge about Nepal

संघीय लोकतान्त्रिक गणतन्त्र नेपालSanghiya Loktāntrik Ganatantra NepālFederal Democratic Republic of Nepal

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Motto: जननी जन्मभूमिश्च स्वर्गादपि गरीयसी(Devanāgarī)"Mother and Motherland are Greater than Heaven"

Anthem: "Sayaun Thunga Phool Ka"

Capital(and largest city)
Kathmandu (Nepali: काठमांडौ) 27°42′N 85°19′E / 27.7°N 85.317°E / 27.7; 85.317
Official languages
Nepali[1]
Recognised regional languages
Maithili, Nepal Bhasa, Bhojpuri, Tharu, Gurung, Tamang, Magar, Awadhi, Sherpa, Kiranti and other 100 different indigenous languages.
Demonym Nepali

Government Republic

-President Ram Baran Yadav

-Vice President Parmanand Jha

-Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal(Acting)


Unification

-Kingdom declared on December 21, 1768 by the then king Prithvi Narayan Shah

-State declared on January 15, 2007

-Republic declared on May 28, 2008 through Constituent Assembly


Area
-Total area is 147,181 km2 (93rd)56,827 sq mi

-Water (%) is 2.8 of the world

Population of Nepal in July 2008 estimate 29,519,114 (40th)

-2007 census is 28,875,140

-Density is 184/km2 (56th)477/sq mi

GDP (PPP) 2008 estimate
-Total $31.582 billion[2]

Per capita - $1,142[2]

GDP (nominal) 2008 estimate

Total - $12.698 billion[2]

Per capita - $459[2]

Gini (2003–04) 47.2 (high)
HDI (2007)
▲ 0.534 (medium) (142nd)

Currency - Rupee (NPR)
Time zone - NPT (UTC+5:45)

Summer (DST)
not observed (UTC+5:45)

Drives on the left

Internet TLD - .np

Calling code - 977

Nepal

Nepal (Nepali: नेपाल [neˈpaːl] (help·info)), officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal, is a landlocked country in South Asia and is the world's youngest republic. It is bordered to the north by the People's Republic of China, and to the south, east, and west by the Republic of India. With an area of 147,181 square kilometers and a population of approximately 30 million, Nepal is the world's 93rd largest country by land mass, the 41st most populous country. Kathmandu is the nation's capital and the country's largest metropolitan city.

Nepal is a country of highly diverse and rich geography, culture, and religions. The mountainous north contains eight of the world's ten highest mountains, including the highest, Mount Everest. The fertile and humid south is heavily urbanized. By some measures, Hinduism is practiced by a greater majority of people in Nepal than in any other nation. A minority faith in the country, Buddhism is linked historically with Nepal as the birthplace of Siddhartha Gautama who, as the Buddha Gautama, gave birth to the Buddhist tradition.

Nepal had been a monarchy throughout most of its history. First the country Nepal was called only for the Kathmandu Valley which had 3 cities, Kantipur(Kathmandu), Lalitpur and Bhadgaun(Bhaktapur) and other states known baise(22 unified states) and Chaubise(24 unified states) which were ruled by various kings in each states. Later in 18th century, Prithvi Narayan Shah, a Shah dynasty king, unified the many small kingdoms in 1768. Since then, the country had been ruled by a dynasty of kings. Then in 19th century, during the reign of Shah king Rana Bahadur Shah, Prime Minister Jang Bahadur Rana, a Rana Dynasty, took over the power of Nepal and ruled for 104 years.

Then, 19th century, due to cruel ruling system of Rana Dynasty, the hugh mass of people formed a new revolutionary political party, Nepali Congress started revolution against the Ranas and brought Democracy in Nepal.However, a decade-long People's Revolution by the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) along with several weeks of mass protests by all major political parties of Nepal in 2006, culminated in a peace accord and the ensuing elections for the constituent assembly voted overwhelmingly in favor of the abdication of the last Nepali monarch Gyanendra Shah and the establishment of a federal democratic republic in May 28, 2008. The first President of Nepal, Dr. Ram Baran Yadav was sworn in on 23 July, 2008.