NEPAL

When people think of Nepal they immediately think about

the Himalayan Mountains, but there is many other
interesting facts about this wonderful country. Nepal also
has a very strong religious back round and is rich in wildlife.

Throughout this information report I will be talking about
surrounding counties, native animals, tourism and many
more helpful facts. Hopeful this information will get you
thinking about Nepal and give you a start with your new job
in this country.

The population of Nepal is 27.47 million
The capital city is Kathmandu.
The official name of Nepal is the federal democratic
republic of Nepal
Nepal has a sport called elephant polo
In Nepal they speck Nepali
Nepal is 4 hours and 15mins behind Australia
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Religion
The main religion with over
81% of the Nepalese population
is Hinduism because of its
history and strong bond with
India. Seeing that Nepal has
many
Hindus, many of its tourism
locations are Hindu temples or
sacred Hindu grounds. Fact: Nepal has the second highest
amount of Hindu followers in the world after India.

Food
Nepal has many lovely dishes such as a dish called momo,
which is a dim sum dumpling with spices, meat, vegetables,
and cheese and is served with dipping sauces and was
originally from Tibet, China. Sel roti is a Nepali traditional
homemade, sweet, ring-shaped rice bread/doughnut,
prepared during Tihar, a widely celebrated Hindu festival in
Nepal.

Trade
Nepal is big at exporting things like food (rice and tea),
Martials (knotted carpets and clothing) and plastic base
items. Nepal likes to import items such as Refined
Petroleum, metals and machinery. Nepal does most of it
trading with India but for some imports and exports they
have to get it from a country that is not next to them.





Challenges/ Achievements
Nepal has faced a couple of challenges such as having to fight
for a democracy for many years and is facing the ongoing
challenges of poverty, crime, drugs and unemployment.
Nepal has achieved many things such as voting and
achieving a democracy. As well as bringing the population of
many endangered animals back to existence.

Nature
Nepal has one of the most unique environments in the world
going from the tall mountains of the Himalayas to the
grasslands of the south. This amazing landscape and the
small population helps with the survival of Nepals native
animal. Some of which are the Bengal Tiger (which is the
most endangered species on the planet) and the one horned
Rhino. More than 80% of the world known population of the
Bengal Tiger survives in this tiny nation and there are just
5000 Bengal tigers left on the planet and they live in less
that 15 countries
because their
natural habitat is
being destroyed.
The one horned
rhino is the
second largest
animal in Asia and
is one of the most
poached
and hunted animals with a large amount living in nature
parks and it is said that there were less than 200 left in
1910.



Location
The nearest Neighbor to Nepal is India, which is Nepals
number one trading partner,
which is on the west, east and
south of Nepals boarders.
China is on the north boarder
of Nepal. Nepals has a
geographical location of 28 00
N, 84 00 E and is in south East
Asia with a total area of 147, 181 km2 (square kilometer)

Mt Everest
Its most famous tourism destination is the Himalayas
because it has Mt Everest that at
8848 metres is the tallest
mountain in the world. This
attracts thousands of mountain
climbers and sightseers from
around the world. An interesting
fact is that the first person to
climb to the top of Mt Everest was a New Zealander called
Sir Edmund Hillary with his Nepalese Sherpa Tenzing
Norgay in 1953.

Sport
In Nepal the most popular
sport is cricket followed by
football (soccer). In Nepal
they have many traditional
sports but their favourite
traditional sports are
horse riding, horse polo
and archery. Nepal invented a sport called elephant polo and
it started a new trend for the rich in south East Asia.



I hope all this information will peck your interest in this
wonderful country and encourage you to come and work in
Nepal.

The Australian embassy is on Bansbari Rd,
Kathmandu 44600 Nepal

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