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List of cities by classification. Along with other major criteria as mentioned in Local Governance Act 2017 of Nepal, the number of population to be considered as the municipality: the minimum population in mountainous district should be 10,000 while hilly districts, inner terai districts, terai districts, and Kathmandu valley should include forty thousand, fifty thousand, seventy thousand and ...
Out of 123 languages of Nepal, the 48 Indo-European languages constitute the largest group in terms of the numeric strength of their speakers, nearly 82.1% of population. Nepali, Bhojpuri, Maithili, Awadhi, Tharu languages, Urdu, etc. fall in this group. The Sino-Tibetan family of Nepal's languages forms a part of its Tibeto-Burman group.
Nepal 's 77 districts ( Nepali: जिल्ला) are subdivided into localities known as village development committees ( Nepali: गाउँ विकास समिति, romanized: gāun bikās samiti) and into municipalities. There were 3,157 VDCs in Nepal. [1] District wise list of VDCs (most of the case not updated names) are as ...
Yeti Airlines Flight 691. / 28.19750°N 83.98500°E / 28.19750; 83.98500. Yeti Airlines Flight 691 was a scheduled domestic passenger flight flown by Yeti Airlines from Kathmandu to Pokhara in Nepal. On 15 January 2023, an ATR 72, the aircraft being operated on the route, stalled and crashed while landing at Pokhara.
Hinduism is the majority religion in Nepal and profoundly influences its social structure and politics, while Buddhism ( Tibetan Buddhism) is practiced by some ethnic groups (such as the Newar people) in forms that are strongly influenced by Hinduism. Kiratism is the indigenous religion of the population belonging to the Kirati ethnicity.
The United Nations ( UN) is a diplomatic and political [2] international organization whose stated purposes are to maintain international peace and security, develop friendly relations among nations, achieve international cooperation, and serve as a centre for harmonizing the actions of nations. [3] It is the world's largest international ...
A Ward ( Nepali: वडा) is a smallest unit of Local government in Nepal. The local level body ( Gaunpalika and Municipality) which is divided into 753 units, are further divided into 6,743 Wards. These wards were previously either a single VDC or a part of VDC. A local level unit is divided into minimum 5 wards or maximum 33 wards.
The national flag of Nepal ( Nepali: नेपालको झण्डा) is the world's only non-rectangular flag which is used as both the state flag and civil flag of a sovereign country. [2] The flag is a simplified combination of two single pennons (or pennants), known as a double-pennon. Its crimson red is the symbol of bravery and it ...