Travel Information – Nepal FAQ Where is Nepal?
When it comes to getting questions on Nepal, this is the most popular question we receive, and thanks for asking! The country Nepal is pronounced as NAY PAHL. It is a a land locked mountainous kingdom in southern Asia, located between India and China. Currently over 26 million people of different races and tribes, living in different regions, wearing different costumes and speaking different languages occupy a total of 147,181 square kilometer (885 km east to west, and 193 km north to south) of this tiny country. Nepal is one of the world’s poorest countries, about half the population of Nepal lives below the poverty line. Nepal is a little larger than North Carolina state of America. Nepal is geographically, culturally, and linguistically diverse. The capital of Nepal is ‘Kathmandu’ but many love to call it by the name Catmando or Woodmandu or simply by the name `city of temples’.Nepal is a kingdom of Himalayas, artistic monuments, exotic wildlife, and a unique harmony of diversified
