Unique And Majestic

Nepal is a landlocked country in Southern Asia, between the Tibet autonomous region of China and India. It contains 8 of the world’s 10 highest peaks, including Mount Everest – the world’s tallest – on the border with Tibet, and Lumbini, the birthplace of Gautama Buddha, the founder of Buddhism. The total land area of Nepal is 147,516 square kilometers (56,956 square miles) and the population density is 207.55 people per square kilometer (537 people per square mile).

Visitors to Nepal generally associate the nation with snow-capped mountain peaks. While there are over 90 peaks that lie above 7000m (22,966 ft), approximately one-third of the country is low-lying and subtropical. The nation’s altitude rises from less than 100 meters (328 ft) elevation in the tropical Terai (the northern rim of the Gangetic Plain) to Sagarmāthā (Mount Everest) – the world’s highest mountain at 8,848m (29,029 ft).