Nepal

Interesting Facts About Nepal

• Nepal is home to 125 distinct ethnic groups speaking 123 different mother tongues
• Nepal contains eight of the world's ten highest mountains, including Mount Everest
• The capital Kathmandu is nicknamed the 'City of temples' and is the cultural and economic heart of Nepal
• Nepali is the official language and serves as a lingua franca, written in Devanagari script and descended from Sanskrit
• Nepal is a secular country where the constitution protects religious and cultural freedom alongside religions handed down from time immemorial
• The country is home to at least four indigenous sign languages
• Nepal's citizens are descendants of three major migrations from India, Tibet, North Burma, and the Chinese province of Yunnan via Assam

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