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Nepal is a landlocked sovereign state,
officially the Federal Democratic Republic Country located in South Asia. It is
located in between the two largest countries, China and India, 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 35 million, Nepal is the world`s 93rd largest country by land
mass and the 41st most populous country. Kathmandu is the nation`s capital and
the country`s largest metropolis.
Nepal has a rich geography. The
mountainous north has eight of the world`s ten tallest mountains, including the
highest point on Earth, Mount Everest, called Sagarmatha in Nepali. It contains
more than 240 peaks over 20,000 ft above sea level. The fertile and humid
south is heavily urbanized.
By some measures, Hinduism is practiced
by larger majority of people in Nepal than in any other nation. Buddhism,
though a minority faith in the country, is linked historically with Nepal. Many
Nepali do not distinguish between Hinduism and Buddhism and follow both
religious traditions. There are three different Buddhist traditions: Himalayan
Buddhism, Buddhism of Kathmandu Valley (mostly Mahayana and Vajrayana), and
also the Theravada Buddhism.
A monarchy throughout most of its
history, Nepal was ruled by the Shah dynasy of kings` from 1768, when Prithivi
Narayan Shah unified its many small kingdoms. However, a decade-long Civil War
by the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) and several weeks of mass protests by
all major political parties led to the 12 point agreement of November 22, 2005.
The ensuing elections for the constituent assembly on May 28, 2008
overwhelmingly favored the abdication of the Nepali monarch Gyanendra Shah and
the establishment of a federal multiparty representative democratic republic.
The first President of Nepal, Ram Baran Yadav, was sworn in on July 23, 2008.
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