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Nepal. Presented by Manju Poudel. A rare confluence of Natural Beauty and Cultural Diversity. Geography. Area – 54365 Square Miles Nepal has eight out of the ten highest mountains of the World. Culture. Nepal Has 36 ethnic groups Hindu and Buddhist share same religious values - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Nepal
A rare confluence of Natural Beauty and Cultural Diversity
Presented by Manju Poudel
Geography•Area – 54365 Square Miles
• Nepal has eight out of the ten highest mountains of the World
Culture
•Nepal Has 36 ethnic groups
•Hindu and Buddhist share same religious values
•Deepawali (Tihar)
•Dashai (Dashahara
•In Teej
•Prayer wheel
Some Interesting Comparisons
•Population of Nepal (27 070 666) is approx 3 Times larger than population of NYC•Nepal’s geographical area is 180 (approx) times larger than NYC•124 languages are spoken in Nepal while 180 languages are spoken in NYC•90% of Nepali earn their living from farming while a very small percentage of Americans do so.
Some Interesting Places to Visit
Mount Everest – The highest peak of the world (29028 ft from mean sea level)
Kathmandu
The city of ancient temples and living
Goddess
Lumbini
Birthplace of Lord Buddha
Pokhara
Pokhara and Annapurna Region – Popular destination for eco-tourism and natural beauty
Makalu Barun Conservation Area
Famous for rare species
of plants, birds and animals, beautiful lakes and
Mount Makalu
Chitwan national Park
Famous place for playing elephant polo and watching birds and
animals including Royal Bengal Tiger and Rhino.
Problems Nepal is Facing Now
Widespread corruption
Maoist Guerrilla war
•Widely acknowledged solution of this problem is election of constituent assembly to ensure transparent democracy
King's dictatorship Military rule
The people of Nepal are sandwiched between armed forces of the king and the Maoist.
Conclusion
Nepal is a beautiful country however it is in civil war
now
Thanks
Bibliography http://www.infoclub.com.np/nepal/detailsoflanguages.htm - This
website, though, have no information about publisher, holds genuine and detail information about languages spoken in Nepal – Viewed on 06/3/2005
http://www.nyc.gov/html/dcp/html/census/popcur.html - This is New York government website. This website I used to find facts like population and geographical area of NYC. I used these facts to compare with the facts on Nepal. – Viewed on 06/03/2005
http://www.cbs.gov.np/ - This is Nepali government, central bureau of statistics, website. I used this websites to find statistical facts on Nepal. Viewed on 05/30/2005
http://www.worldcityphotos.org/Nepal/ - I used this website to get photographs of Kathmandu and Pokhara. – Viewed on 06/06/2005
http://www.google.com – I used this website to search photographs of different places of Nepal – Viewed on 06/06/2005
http://www.planholidays.com/images/page_images/bird_watching_1.jpg - This website I used to find image of the bird that we can find in Chitwan – Viewed on 06/06/2005