The geography of Nepal

The geography of Nepal

Nepal, the great historic place and famous tourist place in the world. Nepal is situated in the Arm of Himalayas. The area of Nepal is 147181 sq.km. The capital of Nepal is Kathmandu. Nepal is divided into three regions, five development regions, fourteen zones, seventy five districts, fifty eight municipality and three thousand nine hundred fifteen villages.
The 3 regions are:-

• Mountains region
• Hilly region
• Terai region

The 5 development regions are:-

• Eastern development region
• Central development region
• western development region
• Mid- western development region
• Far-western development region

The 14 Zones are :-

• Mechi
• Koshi
• Sagarmatha
• Janakpur
• Bagmati
• Narayani
• Gandaki
• Lumbini
• Dhaulagiri
• Rapti
• Bheri
• Seti
• Karnali
• Mahakali

The 75 districts are:-
Taplejung, Pachthar, Ilalm, Jhapa, Morang, Sunsari, Dhankuta, Tehrathum, Shankhuwa sabha, Bhojpur, Solukhumbhu, Okhal dhunga, Khotang, Udaypur, Saptari, Sirha, Dhanusha, Mahotari, Sarlahi, Sindhuli, Ramechap, Dolkha, Sindhupalchowk, Kavre palnchowk, Lalitpur, Bhaktapur, Kathmandu, Nuwakot, Raswa, Dhading, Makwanpur, Rautahat, Bara, Parsa, Chitwan, Gorkha, Lamjung, Tanhu, Syanja, Kaski, Manang, Mustang, Myagdi, Parvat, Baglung, Gulmi, Palpa, Nawalparasi, Rupendehi, Kapilvastu, Argakhachi, Puthan, Rolpa, Rukum, Salyan, Dang, Bardiya, Surkhet, Dailekh, Jajarkot, Banke, Bhajang, Aacham, Doti, Kailali, Kanchanpur, Ddeldhura, Baitadi, Drachula
The Biggest development region is Central development region, The biggest zone is karnali, The biggest district is Dolpa(7889sq.km) and the smallest development region is Far western developnment region, The smallest zone is Mahakali, The smallest district is Bhaktapur(119sq.km) Out of 14 zone, ten zone is named upon River, two zone is named upon religious place and two zone is named upon religious place. Nepal is also known as land locked country because no sea is in Nepal. The nearest sea point of Nepal is Bangal khadi(India). Nepal is surrounded by India by three side and one side is china(North). India is 22 times and china is 65 times bigger than Nepal. The Nepalese time is 5hr 45min fast with greenwitch time. Nepal has taken 0.03% of world and 0.3% of Asia continent. The length from east to west of Nepal is 885 km and the width of Nepal form north to south is minimum 145 and maximum 241 km. The longest National Highway is Mahendra rajmarg. It is 1034 km long . The longest river of Nepal is Karnali, the deepest river of nepal is Narayani, and the biggest river of Nepal is Koshi.