Nepal

Nepal is a landlocked country in South Asia. China and India border this country from the north and the south respectively. It is called The Himalayan Kingdoms. Katmandu is the capital of Nepal. Historically, what is now Nepal was made up of many small kingdoms. The modern state was formed with the Unification of Nepal by Prithvi Narayan Shah on December 21, 1768. Until 2006, Nepal was a kingdom. Nepal is now a federal democratic republic. Nepali is the official language of Nepal,with almost 60 percent of the population speaking it.

The country is known for its majestic

Himalayas and has nine of the fourteen peaks in the world over 8,000 meters, including Mount Everest and Annapurna where Mount Everest is the highest peak in the world. Nepal commonly is divided into three broad physiographic areas: the Mountain Region, the Hill Region, and the Tarai Region and among them Mountain Region is the most beautiful one where Mount Everest exists. The Mountain Region constitutes the central portion of the Himalayan range originating in the Pamirs, a high altitude region of Central Asia. Himalayas have attracted foreigners to Nepal since Mount Everest was first climbed by Sir Edmund Hillary and Tensing Sherpa in 1953. Mountaineering and hiking were of considerable interest as were rafting, canoeing, and hang gliding.

The hill region includes the Katmandu Valley, the country's most fertile and urbanized area. Two major ranges of hills, commonly known as the Mahabharat Lekh and Siwalik Range (or Churia Range), occupy the region. the Tarai Region is a lowland tropical and subtropical belt of flat, alluvial land stretching along the Nepal-India border, and paralleling the Hill Region.