Country Profile

Nepal, the Himalayan country of Asia has its border with China on the North and India on South, East & West. It is located between latitude 26 degree 22 minutes North to 30 degree 27 minutes North and longitude 80 degree 4 minutes East to 88 degree 12 minutes East. Being land locked country the sea access is about 1150 Km. from the border.

Ecologically the country is divided into three regions running east to west i.e. the Mountains, the Hills & the Terai . The Mountain area lies at an altitude ranging from 4877 meters to 8848 meters above the sea level. It constitutes the 15% total area of Nepal. Most of the high snow capped mountains including worlds highest peak Mt. Everest (Mr. Sagarmatha) are located in this region. The Hills the middle region that covers the 64% of total area lies between the altitude ranging between 610 meters and 4877 meters above the sea level. This regions has numerous attractive valleys, basins, lakes and hills. The Terai region that is low flat land situated along the southern side of the country. Most of the fertile lands and dense forest area of the country are located in this regions. This region covers 17.1% areas of the country.

Climate:
The climate of the country varies with its topography. The climate ranges from tropical to arctic varying with the altitude. The Himalayan Mountain region with an altitude above 3353 meter has alpine climate with considerably low temperature in winter. The mid land region are pleasant all the year. The Terai region has hot humid climate. Nepal has four seasons:

Spring-March, April, May
Summer-June, July, August
Autumn-September, October, November
Winter-December, January, February

Administrative Division:
The country is administratively divided into 7 Provinces, 14 Zones and 77 Districts.

Language:
Nepali (Official language)
English (Widely spoken)

Religion:
Hinduism: 90%    Buddhism: 6%   Others: 4%

Time:
GMT+ 5hrs 45 min.

Foreign Exchange: click here

Weight & Measure:
Metric system.

Working Hour (Official):

Ports: 
No ports in the country.

Nearest Port:
Calcutta (India)
Chittagoan, Mangola (Bangladesh)

Air:
Nepal has one Tribhuvan International Airport and 44 airfields. International servicing airlines are Royal Nepal Airlines, Aeroflot, Bangladesh Biman, China South East Airlines, Druk Airlines, Gulf Airways, Indian Airlines, Lufthansa, Pakistan Airlines, Qatar Airways, Singapore Airlines, Thai Airlines etc. Various internal airlines are in operation for domestic flights.

Railways:
Janakpur – Jayanagar Railway service operation of about 52 k.m.