Nepal
Nepal (officially Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal) is a country in Southern Asia, with its capital at Kathmandu, and is home to roughly 29.7M people.
Nepali is the official language; the currency in circulation is Nepalese rupee (₨); people from here are called Nepalese.
- »Eight of the world's ten highest mountains are in Nepal, including Everest.
- »It was never colonised.
- »The country's elevation runs from under 100 m to 8,849 m.
Nepal touches two neighbours: China to the northeast and India to the southwest. Directions run from one centre to the other.
Kathmandu sits in a bowl-shaped valley that holds seven UNESCO World Heritage sites within a few kilometres of each other, an unusual concentration for any capital.
146,844 km² (56,697 sq mi), 91st largest of 198 countries and territories on file, almost exactly the size of Suriname.
Population 29,651,054, 51st of 198 on file. That averages 202 per km² (523 per sq mi).
The only national flag that is not a rectangle: two stacked pennants, a shape whose exact geometry is specified by construction instructions written into the constitution. The moon and sun express the hope the nation will last as long as they do.