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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 Asia 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 ar Thakali,
Brahmans and Chettri, Tharu etc.
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