Amazing Facts About Nepal
June 05, 2019
There is a lot more to Nepal than the beautiful range of Himalayas, from endangered wildlife to sacred cows, from mustard seeds to Yetis. This landlocked country is full of fascinating facets.
Intrigued?
Then read on...
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- Nepal, 147,181 sq km is the home of about 32 million people. More than 80% of people are Hindu, consisting of more than 101 ethnic groups and 123 spoken languages. Below 50% of the population that speak Nepali, an official language.
- Lumbini, the birthplace of Lord Buddha, the holiest place for Buddhists, located in the south-west part of Nepal, Kapilbastu.
- Nepal has the densest concentration of the World Heritage Sites. Kathmandu Valley alone has 7 World Heritage Cultural Sites within a radius of 15 km.
- Nepal is sandwiched between two giant countries and geographically landlocked. Nepal shares its border with China in the northern part and with India in the west, east and south.
- More than 90% of Nepal’s energy that comes from Hydroelectric plants. The rest comes from fossil fuels.
- The highest mountain in the world, Mt Everest, 8,448 m2 lies in Nepal, called Sagarmatha in the Nepali language which means the forehead of the sky. Chomolungma is the name given by local Sherpas, also well-known mountaineers, an ethnic group in the eastern part of Nepal. It translates to Goddess mother of the world.
- The royal geographical survey named the highest mountain in the world after Sir George Everest despite his objections.
- Nepalese Gurkhas began to serve in the British Army from 1815 with the highest number of recruitment in the second world war, 112,000. It dropped down to only 3,400 in 2014.
- $1/day is the amount of the money half of Nepal’s population survives on?
- Nepal was only the Hindu nation in the world but it was declared officially secular by its parliament in 2006.
- Nepal ended its 240 years of the Monarchial system in June 2008.
- Nepali The new year 2075 in Nepal calendar is 2018 in the Georgian calendar.
- Namaste is the form of standard greeting in Nepal, said with palms pressed together. It means ‘I salute to the God in you’.
- Yeti, legendary apelike creature, Abominable Snowmen are said to roam Nepal. Nobody has ever found one. Sir Edmund Hilary, first summiteer of Mt Everest on 29 May 1953 led the group to find Yeti in 1958 but ended without the encounter.
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- Nepal is the home of many endangered species including one horned-rhino, red panda, snow leopard, Bengal tigers. So, 3rd March 2014 was the day Nepal celebrated a full year with no poaching of endangered animals. Success!
- The slaughtering of cows is illegal in Nepal as the national animal. Cows are also sacred, so is their manure. It is common practice to clean home with water and cow manure, to clean and bless it at the same time.
- Average life expectancy in Nepal is 70.2 years, 117 in the world ranking.
- According to WHO, more than 16% of 13-15 years old population in Nepal smoke tobacco.
- 2.7 is the average number of children a mother gives birth in Nepal.
- 8 out of the 10 highest mountains lies in Nepal.
- Nepal has one of the slowest internets of the world with 6.4 Mbps. Average global speed is 17.2 Mbps.
- Apa Sherpa, the professional mountain climber from Nepal has 21 times successful climbing records of Mount Everest.
- Nepal’s flag is only the flag in the world that is not a square or rectangle.
- 73.5% of adult women who have never drunk alcohol. 52.9% of adult men who have never drunk alcohol. Alcohols consumption by types in Nepal- 34% Beer, 1% wine and 65% spirits.
- Nepal ranks number one in terms of biggest producers of Mustard Seeds and third of the biggest producers of ginger.
- The left hand is not supposed to use for eating in Nepal.
- The time in Nepal is based on the Everest, not the time zone lines.
- Nepal has only the living goddess in the world, The Kumari. Kumari means virgin in Nepal and is the tradition of worshipping young pre-pubescent girls as manifestations of divine female energy in Hindu (religious) traditions.
- Above 80% of marriages in Nepal are arranged. The bride and groom will usually not meet or see each other before the wedding day. Although love marriages are becoming slightly popular nowadays.
- The Sati system in Nepal was abolished 90 years ago. NOT EVEN A CENTURY! Sati The system is an obsolete funeral custom where a widow immolates herself or forcibly on her husband's pyre or takes her own life in another fashion shortly after her husband's death.
Yaks are synonyms of tractors in the Himalayan region.
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- Nepal is the third country in the world after South Africa and Ecuador to have non-discriminatory laws for the LGBT community.
- Nepal has the highest permanent human habitat in Nepal.
- Nepal has more than 360 species of Orchid which constitutes over 2% of world orchids.
- 8% of total birds are found in Nepal which is more than 870 species identified.
- 6% of worlds rhododendron species are found in Nepal.
- Nepal harbors 5980 species of flowering plants which cover 2.4% of the world's total. 250 species of flowering plants are endemic. Only found in Nepal.
- 4.2% of the butterfly, more than 650 species are found in Nepal.
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