Nepal Country Data

Area: total: 147,181 sq km
land: 143,181 sq km
water: 4,000 sq km

Climate: varies from cool summers and severe winters in north to subtropical summers and mild winters in south

Terrain: Tarai or flat river plain of the Ganges in south, central hill region, rugged Himalayas in north

Natural resources: quartz, water, timber, hydropower, scenic beauty, small deposits of lignite, copper, cobalt, iron ore

Population: 29,519,114 [July 2008 est.]

Age structure: 0-14 years: 38% [male 5,792,042/female 5,427,370]
15-64 years: 58.2% [male 8,832,488/female 8,345,724]
65 years and over: 3.8% [male 542,192/female 579,298] [2008 est.]

Nationality: noun: Nepalese [singular and plural]
adjective: Nepalese

Ethnic groups: Chhettri 15.5%, Brahman-Hill 12.5%, Magar 7%, Tharu 6.6%, Tamang 5.5%, Newar 5.4%, Muslim 4.2%, Kami 3.9%, Yadav 3.9%, other 32.7%, unspecified 2.8% [2001 census]

Languages: Nepali 47.8%, Maithali 12.1%, Bhojpuri 7.4%, Tharu [Dagaura/Rana] 5.8%, Tamang 5.1%, Newar 3.6%, Magar 3.3%, Awadhi 2.4%, other 10%, unspecified 2.5% [2001 census]
note: many in government and business also speak English [2001 est.]

Capital: name: Kathmandu
geographic coordinates: 27 43 N, 85 19 E
time difference: UTC+5.75 [10.75 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time]

National holiday: NA note - in 2006, Parliament abolished the birthday of King GYANENDRA [7 July] and Constitution Day [9 November] as national holidays

GDP - composition by sector: agriculture: 38%
industry: 20%
services: 42% [FY05/06 est.]

Labor force: 11.11 million
note: severe lack of skilled labor [2006 est.]

Budget: revenues: $1.153 billion
expenditures: $1.927 billion [FY06/07]

Agriculture - products: rice, corn, wheat, sugarcane, jute, root crops milk, water buffalo meat

Industries: tourism, carpets, textiles small rice, jute, sugar, and oilseed mills cigarettes, cement and brick production

Exports: $830 million f.o.b. note - does not include unrecorded border trade with India [2006]

Exports - commodities: carpets, clothing, leather goods, jute goods, grain

Exports - partners: India 67.9%, US 11.7%, Germany 4.7% [2006]

Imports: $2.398 billion f.o.b. [2006]

Imports - commodities: gold, machinery and equipment, petroleum products, fertilizer

Imports - partners: India 61.8%, China 3.8%, Indonesia 3.3% [2006]

Currency (code): Nepalese rupee [NPR]

Exchange rates: Nepalese rupees per US dollar - NA [2007], 72.446 [2006], 72.16 [2005], 73.674 [2004], 76.141 [2003]

Airports: 47 [2007]

Railways: total: 59 km
narrow gauge: 59 km 0.762-m gauge [2006]

Trade Leads of companies wanting to do business with Nepal

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Targeted Countries: Nepal

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