Nepal at Glance
The numbers, geography, culture and climate of Nepal — everything you'd want to know before you arrive.
Official name: Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal
Nepal motto: जननी जन्मभूमिश्च स्वर्गादपि गरीयसी (Sanskrit)
Mother and Motherland are Greater than Heaven (English)
National anthem:सयौं थुँगा फूलका (Nepali)
Made of Hundreds of Flowers (English)
Area covered
Earth:0.003%
Asia:0.03%
Total area: 1, 47, 181sq.km
Land:1, 43, 151sq.km
Water: 4000 sq. km
Situated: South Asia
Location: Mainly the Himalayas also includes some parts of the Indo-Gangetic Plain.
Lattitude and Longitude: 26´12´ and 30´27´ North and 80 degree 4´ and 88 degrees 12´ East
Time zone: UTC+05:45 ( Nepal standard time)
Daylight saving time not observed
Geography: Landlocked (China to the north and India to the east, west, and south of Nepal)
Geographical division:3 main regions
Himalayan/Mountain Region(4877-8848 m from the sea level)
Hilly Region (610- 4877m from the sea level)
Terai region(70-610m from the sea level)
Capital city: Kathmandu (28°10′N 84°15′E)
Official language:Nepali (at the national level; in 6 provinces)
Maithili and Bhojpuri (at the national level; in 1 province)
English (de facto lingua franca; legal documents)
Recognized National languages:Awadhi, Bhojpuri, Bajjika, Doteli, Gurung, Kiranti, Limbu,Magar, Maithili,Newar, Rai, Tharu, Urdu
People/ Demonyms: Nepalese
Ethnicity: 61 ethnic groups and 70 spoken languages
Population: 28,982,771 (2016 estimate)
26,494,504 ( 2011 census)
Female: 14,870,577
Male: 14,634,730
Population density: 180/km2 (466.2/sq mi)
Life Expectancy: 64.94years for men and 67.44 years for women
Religion: 81.3% Hinduism
9% Buddhism
4.4% Islam
3% Kirant
1.4% Christianity
0.4% Animism
0.5% Irreligion
Climate: Sub-tropical in low lands and the Arctic in higher altitudes
Seasons: 5 main seasons
Winter (November - February)
Spring (February-April)
Summer(May-August)
Monsoon (Mid June - the beginning of September)
Autumn (September - November)
Government: Federal Parliamentary Republic
President: Ram Chandra Poudel
Prime minister: KP Sharma Oli
Currency: Nepalese Rupee ( NPR), रू
Monetary unit: 1NRs = 100 paisa
Notes in use: Rs1, 2, 5, 10, 20, 25, 50, 100, 500 and 100 ( Notes of Rs 1, 2 and 25 are rarely used)
GDP: $21.4 billion (as estimated in 2016)
GNI per capita: USD 480 (According to the census survey of 2010 conducted by World Bank)
Main Exports: Carpets, clothing garments, leather goods, jute goods, and handicrafts.
Industries: Tourism, carpet, textile, small rice, Jute, sugar, and oilseed mills, cigarettes, cement, and brick production.
Agriculture products: Rice, Corn, Wheat, Sugarcane, Jute, Root crops, Milk, water
Natural resources: Hydropower, magnificent mountains, copper, cobalt, iron, water
National parks
- Shey-Phoksundo national park
- Sagarmatha National Park
- Rara national park
- Chitwan National park
- Makalu Barun National park
- Langtang national park
- Shivapuri national park
- Bardia national park
- Kanchenjunga national park
Conservation area:
- Annapurna conservation area
- Manaslu conservation area
Wildlife reserve:
- Shukla plant wildlife reserve
- Dhorpatan hunting reserve
- Koshi Tappu wildlife reserve
- Parsa wildlife reserve
World heritage sites (Cultural):
- Kathmandu Durbar Square
- Bhaktapur Durbar Square
- Patan Durbar Square
- Swayambhunath
- Boudhanath
- Pashupatinath
- Changaunarayan
- Lumbini
Natural world heritage sites:
- Royal Chitwan National park
- Sagarmatha national park
Internet domain: .np
Telephone/ Postal code: +977
Driving side:Left
Emergency Numbers:
Police 100
Fire brigade 101
Ambulance 102
Traffic Police 103
Children Search Coordination Centre 104
Nepali Army-Kathmandu 105
The military police 106