Nepal

Nepal is a one of the land locked country of this world which is located in South Asia. It is located in the Himalayas and bordered to the North by the People's Republic of China, and to the South, East and West by th Republic of India. It is a small country with an area of 147,181 square kilometers (56,826 sq mi) and a population of approximately 30 million. Kathmandu is the Capital City and the country's largest metropolis. Nepal is the world's 93rd largest country by land mass and the 41st most popular country. Nepal has got a rich geography. The mountainous north has eight of the worlds ten tallest mountains, including the highest peak of the world, Sagarmatha (Mount Everest). Hinduism is the most practised religion in Nepal than any other nations. Buddhism is also one of the religion practised in Nepal. Many of the people do not distinguish between Hinduism and Buddhism and follow both religious traditions. There are 3 different buddhist traditions: Himalayan Buddhism, Buddhism of Kathmandu Valley, and also the Therevada Buddhism. A monarchy throughout most of its history, Nepal was ruled by the Shah Dynasty of kingts from 1768, when Prithivi Narayan Shah united its many small kingdoms. However, a decade-long Civil War by the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) and severel weeks of mass protest by all major political parties led to the 12 point agreement of November 22, 2005. The ensuing elections for the constituent assembly on May 28, 2008 overwhelmingly favoured the abdiction of the Nepali monarch Gynandra Shah and the establishment of the federal multipary representative democratic republic. The first President of Nepal is Ram Baran Yadav.