Nepal

Capital: Kathmandu

Mount Everest, at 8,848.86 metres, is the highest point above sea level on Earth, in the Himalayas on Nepal's northern edge.
Emperor Ashoka's pillar at Lumbini, found in 1896, carries an inscription saying the Buddha was born there.
Chitwan National Park had about 25 tigers when it was set up, and an estimated 70 to 110 by 1980.
The Kumari Ghar, built in 1757 under King Jaya Prakash Malla, is home to the Kumari, a young girl honoured by many Nepalis as a living form of the goddess Taleju.
Nepal is described as having five seasons: summer, monsoon, autumn, winter and spring. The monsoon brings most of the year's rain, from about June to September.

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