General Information

Location: Nepal is locatted between china in the north and India in the east, South and West respectively.
Area: 147,181 sq. Km and the altitude varies from 70 metres to 8850 meters from sea level.
Capital: Kathmandu
Population: 27 million
Language: Nepali is the National language of Nepal. A good percentage of Nepali speak and write English.
Time: Nepali time is 5 hours 45 minutes ahead from GMT.
Climate: There are four major seasons.
Winter: December-Februry
Spring: March-May
Summer: June-August
Autumn: September-November
Nepal can be visited the whole year round.
People and Religion: Nepales people are mainly divided into two distict groups, the Indo Aryans and the Mangolians. nepal is the only Hindu Kingdom in the world. However, there is a peaceful mixture of Hinduism and Buddhism.
People: Nepal has more than 60 ethic groups and 70 spoker languages.
What to wear: Light weight clothing is recommended for may until October. Warmer clothes are needed for November until March. An umbrella or a raincoat is necessary for the monsoon