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May 8, 2023
Nepal

Nepal is a landlocked country in South Asia and is bordered by China and India. It is located in the Himalayas and contains eight of the world’s ten highest peaks. The government system is a federal parliamentary republic; the chief of state is the president, and the head of government is the prime minister.

  • OFFICIAL NAME: Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal.
  • FORM OF GOVERNMENT: Federal democratic republic.
  • CAPITAL: Kathmandu.
  • POPULATION: 29,717,587.
  • OFFICIAL LANGUAGES: Nepali, English.
  • MONEY: Nepalese rupee.
  • AREA: 54,363 square miles (140,800 square kilometers)
  • MAJOR MOUNTAIN RANGES: Mt. Everest, Annapurna, Kanchunjunga and more

Agriculture remains Nepal’s principal economic activity, employing about 65% of the population and providing 31.7% of GDP.

Products such as metal statues, ethnic costumes, traditional silver jewellery, wood carving, religious and ritual objects like bells, vajra, stone sculpture, metal utensil, paubha painting, ceramics, Handmade Paper, Hand Knitwear, woolen felt, Gurkhas knives (Khukuri) filigree, Bell, Vajra products and many more traditional Nepalese crafts.