NEPAL-Paradise on Earth By: Roshan and Pawan (NEPAL)
Outline
• Introduction• Geography• History• Harsh Reality• Life- Food, Housing, Festivals• World Heritage Sites• Nature
Nepal at a glance• Capital: Kathmandu• Language: Nepali• Currency: Rupees • Area: 147,181 sq.km • Length: 885 km; Width: 193km• Population: 29 million • Life Expectancy: 58 yrs• Religion: Hinduism(80.6%),
Buddhism(10.7%)• Major occupation: Agriculture
17% arable land• Time: GMT + 5 hours 45 minutes• Country code: +977
Terai Region(17%):Flat, fertile land and dense forests; Climate: tropical; 60 m to 610 m; steamy heat of the India Plains
Governance
Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal Multiparty Democracy• President: Dr. Ram Varan Yadav (ceremonial)• Prime Minister: Pushpa Kamal Dahal (alias: Prachanda)
TRANSITION PERIODNew constitution be formulated by May 28; failed; now
plan extension
Prachanda( 1st PM)
Poverty-in fact economic gap “Poor Country
of the Rich People”
HDI: 144GDP/Per capita: 166 (452 US$)Literacy: 48.6%
World Heritage Sites (contd..)
KATHMANDU DURBAR SQUARE
PATAN DURBAR SQUARE BHAKTAPUR DURBAR SQUARE
BUDHANILKANTHA