Nepal

A rare confluence of Natural Beauty and Cultural Diversity

Presented by Manju Poudel

Geography•Area – 54365 Square Miles

• Nepal has eight out of the ten highest mountains of the World

Culture

•Nepal Has 36 ethnic groups

•Hindu and Buddhist share same religious values

•Deepawali (Tihar)

•Dashai (Dashahara

•In Teej

•Prayer wheel

Some Interesting Comparisons

•Population of Nepal (27 070 666) is approx 3 Times larger than population of NYC•Nepal’s geographical area is 180 (approx) times larger than NYC•124 languages are spoken in Nepal while 180 languages are spoken in NYC•90% of Nepali earn their living from farming while a very small percentage of Americans do so.

Some Interesting Places to Visit

Mount Everest – The highest peak of the world (29028 ft from mean sea level)

Kathmandu

The city of ancient temples and living

Goddess

Lumbini

Birthplace of Lord Buddha

Pokhara

Pokhara and Annapurna Region – Popular destination for eco-tourism and natural beauty

Makalu Barun Conservation Area

Famous for rare species

of plants, birds and animals, beautiful lakes and

Mount Makalu

Chitwan national Park

Famous place for playing elephant polo and watching birds and

animals including Royal Bengal Tiger and Rhino.

Problems Nepal is Facing Now

Widespread corruption

Maoist Guerrilla war

•Widely acknowledged solution of this problem is election of constituent assembly to ensure transparent democracy

King's dictatorship Military rule

The people of Nepal are sandwiched between armed forces of the king and the Maoist.

Conclusion

Nepal is a beautiful country however it is in civil war

now

Thanks

Bibliography http://www.infoclub.com.np/nepal/detailsoflanguages.htm - This

website, though, have no information about publisher, holds genuine and detail information about languages spoken in Nepal – Viewed on 06/3/2005

http://www.nyc.gov/html/dcp/html/census/popcur.html - This is New York government website. This website I used to find facts like population and geographical area of NYC. I used these facts to compare with the facts on Nepal. – Viewed on 06/03/2005

http://www.cbs.gov.np/ - This is Nepali government, central bureau of statistics, website. I used this websites to find statistical facts on Nepal. Viewed on 05/30/2005

http://www.worldcityphotos.org/Nepal/ - I used this website to get photographs of Kathmandu and Pokhara. – Viewed on 06/06/2005

http://www.google.com – I used this website to search photographs of different places of Nepal – Viewed on 06/06/2005

http://www.planholidays.com/images/page_images/bird_watching_1.jpg - This website I used to find image of the bird that we can find in Chitwan – Viewed on 06/06/2005