Introduction to Nepal

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Nepal Adhirajya (Government of Nepal) is a Himalayan country which is in Asia. Itsbordering countries are India and China. It is bordered by India from East, South and west.China borders from the North. Nepal is a land locked country. Nepal is also known as thehome of Mr.Everest. People of Nepal also believe that Mr.Everest is the god of the sky and

they call “Sagarmatha”. Nepal is also a birth place of Gautam Buddha and it is official Hindu

country in the world. Nepal contains the 8 of worlds 10 highest peak in the world. The totalarea of Nepal is 140,800 sq km. People are different in Nepal according to the physicalfeatures. Nepal is divided in three different geographical parts; Himalayan Region, HillyRegion and Terai Region. As you see the name you can probably figure out the landfeature of each region.

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Himalayan Region is the top part of Nepal where the mountains are located. It is

stretched out from East to West and 10% of Nepal’s populati

on live in Himalayan Regionincluding farmers and traders. Transportation is not possible by cars or buses, only byairplane or horses/donkeys. The main cargo source in Himalayan region are Yaks (TheHimalayan Yaks). People or tourist who is new to the location may have altitude sicknesswhich can be severe until they go back to lower altitude. People give them some natural

herbs so that they don’t feel any dizziness.

Himalayan region is also one of the mostbeautiful regions. One of the highest mountains in the world Mt.Everest and other 10mountains covers this region of Nepal. The climate in this region is extremely cold andsnow fall takes place every winter. In summer you still feel cold due to the high altitude andhigh winds. People often drink tea or coffee which is made by ghee and lots of sugar. Thelife in Himalayan region is way different than other two regions of Nepal. Lamb soup is the

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main soup of that region. Most people in this region are Buddhist and we can see lots ofBuddhist temple in this region.

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About 50% of the Nepal’s population lives in this region.

Nepal is one of the poorestcountries in the world. The high landscape makes it almost impossible to build roads andother transportation sources. Some parts are developed near the capital cities but mostparts are not. In some places you have to walk for hours and days to get to yourdestination, though the hilly region is less developed but it is rich in natural resources. Thethick forest is helpful to the people for firewood, fodder and materials. But the increasingpopulation has made very difficult for these natural resources to survive. They were forcedto cut down trees make houses also known as Deforestation. The capital city KathmanduValley is also situated in the middle hills. Another largest city is the Pokhara Valley. It issituated at the central Nepal. The climate in this region is moderate in summer andextremely cold in winter. Farmers in this region have a very difficult life. They have problemin growing the crops sometime and they have problem in bringing the grown crops in the

market. Sometimes they put all the crops in a basket called “Doko” and bring it in the city to