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 and Thakali, Brahmans
and Chettri, Tharu etc.
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