Top 10 Amazing Facts About Nepal
We're looking at 10 surprising and interesting facts about Nepal welcome to another up to the Countries Facts and now if you love Nepal give this Article a big thumbs up and before I jump into the facts I got a question for you guys where is someplace that you would love to visit for me honestly I'd love to visit Mount Everest one day maybe try to climb it I'm kind of scared I'll be talking about Mount Everest actually coming up in this Article so be sure to watch from 10 all the way.
1 Okay so starting off the capital of Nepal Kathmandu was once a lake now Nepalese mythology says that manjushri flew to Kathmandu and seeing the huge lake he actually cut the Cho bama's crest in half with his sword and it drained the waters in order to allow civilization to develop in the fertile valley but outside of mythology there are scientific evidence that supports this but in a scientific way scientists say that there is ample geological evidence to show that Kathmandu Valley.
2 Kathmandu Valley was once a lake but in contrast in mythology geologists think that the lake was drained over a period of time not just all at once over a period of 15,000 years to be exact now see this the flag of Nepal like this is the only flag in the world of its kind right so it's the only flag that's not a rectangle or square it's actually made up of just two triangles Nepal is also the oldest country in South Asia it was founded in 1768 and Nepal doesn't have any Independence Day or anything because it's never actually been conquered the original founding date of Nepal.
3 Nepal was September 25th 1768 but fast-forward to 1923 Britain actually declared Nepal's independence this is because the country was ruled by the Iran of family which supported the British prime minister very interesting that the British would do that now I want to look into the religion of Nepal Hinduism is actually the most prominent religion in the land Buddha although the Nepali village named lumbini is a birthplace of siddhartha Gautama.
4 Siddhartha Gautama and the Buddhist foundation today though the beliefs and practices of Hinduism have a major impact in Paul society up until the year 2006 Nepal was the only state in the world with Hinduism as the official religion according to the World Factbook a survey done in 2011 showed 81.3% of Nepalese were Hindu 9% were Buddhists 4.4 percent were Muslim 3% were key artists 1.4 percent were Christian 0.1% were Sikhs also 0.1% were Jane's and 0.7% follow other religions or no religion at all another fact about Nepal is that it has a population of over twenty eight point eight million people and its population is equivalent to zero point three seven percent of the total world population.
5 Nepal ranks number 49 in the list of countries by population and a total land area is a hundred and forty three thousand three hundred fifty square kilometers which works out to be fifty five thousand three hundred forty eight square miles and finally the population density of Nepal is 200 people per square kilometers that is 517 people per square mile now this next fact involves their military the Nepalese Armed Forces ranks 120th and it consists of the Nepalese army.
6 The Nepalese Air Force at a Nepalese armed police force Nepal isn't split up into typical Army Air Force and Navy divisions rather their land service army makes up the majority of their military and then the smaller Army Air Services supports the land forces so that's how it kind of works there another interesting fact about Nepal is that the cinema is pretty new in the country with the first Nepalese movie being released in the year 1964 the language of the films are Nepali McFeely as well as budge poori the terms Nellie wood and Bollywood are also used for the film industry nearly wood of course is Nepal and Hollywood mixed together and then since Kathmandu is the home of Nepali.
7 Nepali cinema that's where the K comes from and then you combine that with Hollywood and then you get Hollywood when it comes to Nepal's national debt it is a total of 5.8 billion dollars according to latest numbers and that makes a debt per citizen $199 now Nepal is one of the few countries in the world that has enough room to borrow more money to finance development works as well as achieve higher economic growth rates the problem however currently facing the country is not a shortage of financial resources the country deals with other issues which I'll probably save for another Article now only two more facts left like we've all heard of Mount Everest right that's the highest mountain on earth above sea level and the mountain is located in the Himalayas.
8 Mount Everest is located in Nepal as well as also located in China and it has an elevation of 8,848 meters or 29,029 feet with its impressive size it's also prone to natural disasters making it one of the hardest mountains to climb although it has been done before back in April of 2014 there was an avalanche it ended the climbing season for that year one year later there was another earthquake and that triggered a massive avalanche over the base camp now there are a lot of fears that this would push away climbers and tourists and the government they actually waved climbing fees and announced improved climbing management in hopes to reassure visitors and say okay well you know still climb.
9 Mount Everest don't leave but yeah that's just one thing you got to worry about when you go to Mount Everest and that's probably one reason why I haven't visited Mount Everest yet now a final fact is let's look at the Gurkhas so these are the soldiers distinguishing themselves by being fierce fighters and serving in special units of the Armed Forces of the United Kingdom as well as India but they originate from Nepal now after meeting twice with the British.
10 East Indian company unleashing the Anglo Gurkha war from 1814 to 1816 and then the Gurkha rebellion and defeating the Mach 1 / in 1816 the British were really impressed with their skills so they were recruited with the permission of the Prime Minister at that time and they served as mercenaries that were organized in regiments within the army of the British East India Company the Gurkhas are also known for their weapon the kukri it's this unique looking short sword and this was used in the Anglo Nepalese War as well as the first second world wars these guys are absolutely no joke when it comes to Wars you do not want to mess with the Gurkhas alright guys so that was a brief look into the country of Nepal leave your thoughts and comments about anything that I shared in this Article down below in the comment section and let me know if you enjoyed this Article.
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