Written by: Melisha Karki - 29016, Grade V
Posted on: 14 February, 2022
Nepal is a landlocked country with a highly diverse and rich environment, culture, and religion. It is situated in South Asia in the Himalayas hug range surrounded by India in the east, south, and west and China in the north. It covers an area of 147,516 sq. km. with an average of 193km, the distance from North to South and the average length (East to West) is 885km.
Geographically, Nepal is divided into three regions. The mountainous regions, hilly and terai regions occupy about 15%, 68%, and 17% of the total area of Nepal respectively. Nepal has many snowcapped mountains. The highest mountain in the world, Mt.Everest lies in Nepal and attracts thousands of visitors every year. Nepal is divided into seven provinces and 77 districts.
It is the birthplace of world-famous people. Gautam Buddha, preacher of peace and founder of Buddhism, Prithivi Narayan Shah, builder of modern Nepal. Tenzing Norgay Sherpa, the first human to reach the summit of Mt. Everest with Hilary, etc.
Sher Bahadur Deuba is the current Prime Minister of Nepal and Bidya Devi Bhandari is the president. I am proud to be Nepali and love Nepali culture.
