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Nepal is a small country lying on the southern
slope of the Himalayas. It is also situated on the lap of Mt. Everest.
It is 885km. in length and 193km. in average width. Which is 147181
in sq. km. It is situated on south Asian region an having about 23
million people.
It is no doubt that this country is known as the land
of temple, birth place of lord Buddha and the land of the Brave
Gorkhas all over the world.
Its land is mostly made up of mountains & hills and one of the
highest mountain peaks in the world falls in this country.
The world famous Mt. Everest (Sagarmatha is as locally
known). Similarly, Annapurna, Machhapuchchare, Ganesh Himal, Ama
dablarn, Tilicho etc.
It is landlocked country with beautiful scene and lakes situated
between two big neighboring countries India & China. Whatever
it is on the line of world peace and brotherhood.
There are more than 22 languages and dialects spoken
by different group but all can speak the official language - Nepali.
The basic ethnic division of the country can be done geographically
by putting Kathmandu, the capital at the center to the North, there
is a predominance of the Mongolian race and to the south the Aryodravidian
race and due to the mixture of both, we can basically divide the
into the such races Limbu, Rai, Tamang, Magar, Gurung, Newar. Sherpa
or Thakali, Brahmans and Chettri, Tharu etc.
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