Country Nepal is located in Asia, north of India, borders China and Bangladesh in north and east.
The current population of Nepal is 29,834,608 as of Friday, March 1, 2019, 48th largest country by population and 93rd by area.
Most number of people in Nepal are Hindu, according to Wikipedia:
81.3% Hinduism
9% Buddhism
4.4% Islam
3% Kirant
1.4% Christianity
0.4% Animism
0.5% Irreligion
Nepali (at national level; in 6 provinces)
Maithili and Bhojpuri (at national level; in 1 province)
English (de facto lingua franca; legal documents)
Recognised national languages
Awadhi, Bhojpuri, Bajjika, Doteli, Gurung, Kiranti, Limbu, Magar, Maithili, Newar, Rai, Tharu and Urd
Himalaya has ben always the beloved spot on the earth for mountain lovers. The Himalayan range has many of the Earth’s highest peaks, including the highest, Mount Everest. The Himalayas include over fifty mountains exceeding 7,200 m (23,600 ft) in elevation, including ten of the fourteen 8,000-metre peaks. By contrast, the highest peak outside Asia (Aconcagua, in the Andes) is 6,961 m (22,838 ft) tall.
The April 2015 Nepal earthquake (also known as the Gorkha earthquake) killed nearly 9,000 people and injured nearly 22,000. It occurred at 11:56 Nepal Standard Time on 25 April 2015, with a magnitude of 7.8Mw or 8.1Ms and a maximum Mercalli Intensity of VIII (Severe). Its epicenter was east of Gorkha District at Barpak, Gorkha, and its hypocenter was at a depth of approximately 8.2 km (5.1 mi). It was the worst natural disaster to strike Nepal since the 1934 Nepal–Bihar earthquake. The ground motion recorded in the capital of Nepal was of low frequency which, along with its occurrence at an hour where many people in rural areas were working outdoors, decreased the loss of property and human lives.
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