Nepal

Nepal, officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal, is a landlocked country in South Asia with a population of 26.4 million. It is a multiethnic nation with Nepali as the official language. Kathmandu is the nation's capital and largest city. Modern Nepal is a secular parliamentary republic. Nepal is bordered by China to the north and India to the south, east, and west. It borders neither Bangladesh nor Bhutan, due to a narrow Indian corridor and the Indian state of Sikkim respectively. Nepal is located in the Himalayas and is home to eight of the world's ten tallest mountains, including Mount Everest, the highest point on Earth. Its southern Terai region is fertile and humid. The country has an area of 147,181 square kilometres, making it the world's 93rd largest country by area. It is also the 41st most populous country.

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Geographical values

• absolute in degrees, minutes and seconds:
  27° 42′ 33″ N • of northern latitude
  85° 19′ 11″ E • of eastern longitude
• in degrees with decimal fractions:
  27.709164°; 85.319614°

Length of Nepal from south to north is 453.056 kilometers, from west ot east – from 812.245 km on south to 781.580 km on north.