Nepal (
i/nɛˈpɔːl/ ne-PAWL[8] Nepali: नेपाल [neˈpal] (
)),
officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal,[9] is a landlocked sovereign state located
in South Asia. With an area of
147,181 square kilometres (56,827 sq mi) and a population of approximately 27
million (and nearly 2 million absentee workers living abroad),[2] Nepal is the
world's 93rd largest country by land mass[10] and the 41st most
populous country. It is located in the Himalayas and bordered to the north by the People's Republic of China, and to
the south, east, and west by the Republic of
India. Specifically, the Indian states of Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, West Bengal, and Sikkim border Nepal, while across the Himalayas lies the
Tibetan Autonomous Region. Nepal is
separated from Bangladesh by the
narrow Indian Siliguri corridor. Kathmandu is the nation's capital and largest
metropolis.More at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nepal
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