10 MOST AMAZING FACTS OF NEPAL THAT EVERYONE SHOULD KNOW || TOP #10 || - Nepal Travel Book

Wednesday, July 26, 2017

10 MOST AMAZING FACTS OF NEPAL THAT EVERYONE SHOULD KNOW || TOP #10 ||


Here are some of the most Amazing facts of Nepal which will amaze all of you. We all know that Our Nepal is very beautiful county located in the south asia and is a landlocked country, with various Himalayan landscapes, Amazing Mountains and Awesome Places. Nepal is a piece of Heaven.

A very small country with the small territory of 1,47,182 sq.km area extending approx. 880km east to west in the shape of elongated rectangle. Nepal lies in between the two giants countries India and China. The population here was 27.8million in 2013. Nepal includes 3 landscapes called Himalayan which is at very high level from sea level with Himalayas there, Hilly the middle part and the Terai region. The landscapes, the rivers, the top mountains , various flora and fauna makes Nepal more Glorious.

10 Most Amazing Facts of NEPAL that Everyone Shound Know!


1. HIGHEST PEAKS COLLECTION Including MOUNT EVEREST
2. NEPAL IS THE ONLY COUNTRY WITH A NON-RECTANGULAR FLAG
3. THE ONLY LIVING GODESS IN THE WORLD LIVES HERE
4. NEPAL IS THE BIRTHPLACE OF LORD GAUTAM BUDDHA
5. THE STRIKING ALTITUDE VARIATION
6. CULTURAL DIVERSITY
7. YETI IS SAID TO BE SPOTTED IN THE NEPALESE HIMALAYAS
8. NEPAL WAS NEVER UNDER ANY FOREIGN INVASION
9. NEPAL WAS ONCE NAMED AS THE WEED CAPITAL
10. ITS ILLEGAL TO SLAUGHTER COWS IN NEPAL
 

1. HIGHEST PEAKS COLLECTION Including MOUNT EVEREST

Out of top 10 highest mountain of the world, 8 are from Nepal, Including the Highest peak MOUNT EVEREST. More than 250 peaks over 20,000 ft (6,096) meter above sea level are from Nepal.
 

2. NEPAL IS THE ONLY COUNTRY WITH A NON-RECTANGULAR FLAG

Nepal is the only country in the world with the non rectangular flag. It has two triangle, marron in color with blue border and consists of sun and moon. The basic design of the flag is over 2000 years.
 

3. THE ONLY LIVING GODESS IN THE WORLD LIVES HERE

Nepal has the only living godess in the world - kumari. The word kumari is derived from sanskrit word kaumarya meaning " PRINCESS". Lord Kumari is worshiped by Hindu and Buddhist in Nepal.
 

4. NEPAL IS THE BIRTHPLACE OF LORD GAUTAM BUDDHA

The lord buddha ( siddartha gautam) was born in kapilvastu, lumbini which lies in Nepal. Lumbini is sacred place for buddhist of all over the world.
 

5. THE STRIKING ALTITUDE VARIATION

Nepal is the only country with a crazy altitude ranging from 59 meters to 8848 meters. For such a small country it holds some interesting records like The deepest gorges ( 1200 meters) Kaligandaki gorge, one of the highest lake on earth Tilicho lake (4800 meters), Deepest valley in the world Arun Valley.
 

6. CULTURAL DIVERSITY

Despite being a small country with just 147,181 sq. km. Nepal has over 80 ethnic groups and 123 languages. For clear view surface area of Nepal is smaller than florida.
 

7. YETI IS SAID TO BE SPOTTED IN THE NEPALESE HIMALAYAS

There are many stories and local tale of the mysterious creature of the Himalaya " YETI" which is said to be spotted in Nepalese Himalayas. In 1958 Sir Edmund Hillary even led an expedition to find YETI. Therr is a scalp of YETI kept safe in Khumjung Monastery , EVEREST AREA.
 

8. NEPAL WAS NEVER UNDER ANY FOREIGN INVASION

Nepal doesnot have an INDEPENDENT DAY because Nepal was never colonised. One of the fierce and brave warrior from the world's history GURKHAS are from Nepal. Nepal is also the oldest country in SouthAsia.
"IF A MAN SAYS HE IS NOT AFRAID OF DYING, HE IS EITHER LYING OR IS A gurkha" - Field Marshal Manekshaw
 

9. NEPAL WAS ONCE NAMED AS THE WEED CAPITAL

In Nepal cannabis was legal upto 1970's. Kathmandu was famous as " FREAK STREET" which made Nepal paradise for HIPPY'S. There were legal weeds shops everywhere until 1973
 

10. ITS ILLEGAL TO SLAUGHTER COWS IN NEPAL

Cow is National animal of Nepal and it's illegal to slaughter cows in Nepal. It can get up to 12 years in prision for doing so. It was the last Hindu Kingdom in the world 81 percent of Nepalese polpulation is Hindu
 

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