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Nepal: Basic Fact Sheet

Official Name:	Kingdom of Nepal (Nepal Adhirajya)
Abbreviation	NP
Capital	Kathmandu
Head of State	His Majesty King Gyanendra Bir Bikram Shah Dev (from June 2001)
Head of Government	Prime Minister Surya Bahadur Thapa (Since June 04,2003 )
Population	22367048 (1999 estimate)
Area	147,181 sq. km. (54,633 sq. mi.)
Time Zone	5 hours 45 minutes ahead of GMT
Language	Nepali (official)
Religion	Hinduism and Buddhism
Unit of Currency	Rupee
National Flag
National Emblems	The rhododendron; a white cow; a green pheasant; two Gurkha soldiers, one carrying a khukri and a bow and an arrow and the other a modern rifle; peaks of the Himalaya Mountains; the moon and the sun, both with faces showing Hindu caste marks, two crossed Nepali flags and khukris; the footprints of Gorakhnath, the guardian deity of the Gurkhas; and the royal headdress. At the base of the design a red scroll carries the national motto in Sanskrit: “The Motherland Is Worth More than the Kingdom of Heaven.”
National Anthem	“May Glory Crown Our Illustrious Sovereign”
National Holidays	National Day (Birthday of King): c. December 28 Prithvi Jayanti: c. January 11 Independence Day: c. February 18 Plus other Hindu and Buddhist festivals
National Calendar	The Nepali year begins in mid-April and is divided into 12 months: Baisakh, Jestha, Asadh, Shrawan, Bhadra, Aswin, Kartik, Marga, Poush, Phalgun, Chaitra. Saturday is the official weekly holiday.
Physical Quality of Life Index	36
Date of Unification	1768 (by Prithvi Narayan Shah)
Date of Constitution	November 9, 1990
Weights and Measures	Traditional measures are commonly used. The most important of these are ropani = 0.05 ha.(0.8 ac.); bigha = 0.1 ha.,(1.67 ac.); murhi = 72 kg.(160 lb.).
Per capita income	$170 (FY92)
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