Tell me some of the interesting facts about Nepal?
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i dont know but  all i got are these damn nepalese coins.
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Mount Everest\n \ndoes volcanoes count??? ~ Mauna Kea\n\nLook in the websites below
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In one word, "beautiful."\n\nHere's some additonal information:\nThe Republic of the Maldives was one of the best-kept secrets in the world; a beautiful string of low-lying coral islands in the Indian Ocean, a paradise for watersports enthusiasts and sunseekers alike. \n\nMaldives holds the record for being the flattest country in the world, with a maximum altitude of only 2.3 metres. Sea levels are at the lowest since the Permo-triassic boundary about 250 million years ago. Over the last century, sea levels have risen about 20 centimeters. The ocean is likely to continue rising and this threatens the existence of Maldives.\nA tsunami in the Indian Ocean caused by the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake caused parts of Maldives to be covered by sea water and left many people homeless. After the disaster, cartographers are planning to redraw the maps of the islands due to alterations by the tsunami. The people and government are worried that Maldives could be wiped from the map eventually.\n\nThe Maldivian ethnic identity is a blend of the cultures of peoples who settled on the islands, reinforced by religion and language. The earliest settlers were probably from Southern India. Indo-Aryan speakers followed them from Sri Lanka in the fourth and fifth centuries AD. In the 12th century AD, sailors from East Africa and Arab countries came to the islands.\n\nOriginally Hindus, Maldivians were converted to Sunni Islam in the mid-12th century. Islam is the official religion of the entire population, as adherence to it is required for citizenship. Strict adherence to Islamic precepts and close community relationships have helped keep crime low and under control.\n\nThe official and common language is Dhivehi, an Indo-European language related to Sinhalese, the language of Sri Lanka. The written script is called Thaana and is written from right to left. English is used widely in commerce and increasingly as the medium of instruction in government schools.\n\nSome social stratification along the lines similar to Indian Caste system exists on the islands. It is not rigid, since rank is based on varied factors, including occupation, wealth, Islamic virtue, and family ties. Members of the social elite are concentrated in Malé. Outside of the service industry, this is the only location where the foreign and domestic populations are likely to interact. The tourist resorts are not on islands where the natives live, and casual contacts between the two groups are discouraged.\nThere still exists a small population of people called Giravaaru who claim be the original settlers of Maldives thus different from the Maldivian mainstream.
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check dese sites\n\nwww.cs.albany.edu/~amit/ganges.html \n\nen.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ganges_River \n\nwww.travel-himalayas.com/rivers-himalayas/ganga-ganges-river.html
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Most people when they talk about the Himalayas are referring to a group of several mountain ranges which includes the Hindu Kush, Karakoram and Himalaya Mountains.  Using the name Greater Himal or Greater Himalayas would be a better term for the grouped mountains.\n\nThe Greter Himalayan region extends for about 2500km, is about 300km wide and lies within China, Nepal, India, Pakistan, Bhutan and the Tibetan Autonomous Region of Southern China.\n\nAll of the worlds highest peaks are found here including Mount Everest (8848 metres and also known as Sagarmatha or Chomolungma).  The highest point outside the region is Aconcagua (6690m) which is towards the southern end of the Andes Chain in South America.
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Keena? Ma Nepali kourda bolchu.\n\nNepali
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Mountain: Mountain Peak-Everest, Range-Himalayas, Location-Nepal/Tibet, Height- 29,035 ft/8,850 metres\nRiver: Nile, Country-Egypt, Miles-4145, Kilometers-6670
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well, as of now, there are lots of activities that are going on, both overt and covert. \n\non the surface, you have a king holding on to power by a slim thread, a thread called the Royal Nepalese Army. a thread that can break anytime because after all the soldiers too are humans and the way things are, a potential revolutionary situation is in the making....sdnt wonder if there are already cracks in the army. \n\nalso we have the maoists who control nearly two-thirds of the country and only stopping short of storming the capital and taking power because of the big neighbour by the side, India, which has got its own maoist insurgency and India will not be too happy to see a communist country come up so close to borders. so that is a consideration. \n\nthe political (democratic) party, i think have lost the people more or less, so the people dont have any place to go except the maoists or the royalists....\n\nwhether the maoists are good or bad (to put very simplistically)is irrelevant, what is relevant is that the king is on his last legs (the fact that people are coming out against him openly in a place where kings were once revered as incarnation of God, is proof enough of his complete loss of authority) and may come crashing down soon....as to what will happen after that, depends on the tussle of will between maoists, the neutral people inside nepal and India and  China to an extent.\n\nvery interesting days ahead i am sure!!!
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Father: Suddhodana King of the Kshatriya caste of the  Shakya in what is now Nepal.\nMother: Maya Devi.\nWife: Yashodhara\nSon: Rahula\n\nI hope this helps!
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Its always the big fish eats the small fish game..look at world history, no small fish as yet ate a big fish..moreover, strategically as well India needs to have control over Nepal to keep China at bay..but why are you so agitated, there are more than 500,000 Nepali's working in India, isn't that anything to you ?
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I have heard stories about Indian Yogis(babaji) living in Himalayas for more than 1000 years or longer.I am interesting in visitng Himalayas and discover and meet such great people.Any one interested is welcome to join us in December month to visit himalayas and explore this subject in great detail.All suggestions are welcome.\nrishikeshfoundation@yahoo.com
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KATMANDU, Nepal\n\nSherpas and Mountaineering\n\nSherpas were of immeasurable value to early explorers of the Himalayan region, serving as guides and porters at the extreme altitudes of the peaks and passes in the region. Today, the term has been extended to apply to almost any guide or porter hired for mountaineering expeditions in the Himalayas. However, in Nepal Sherpas often insist on making a distinction between themselves and general porters, as they often serve in a more guide-like role and command higher pay and respect from the community. (Often the generic term "sherpa" meaning guide is written uncapitalized, in contrast with the capitalized "Sherpa" meaning the ethnic group.)\n\nSherpas are renowned in the global climbing and mountaineering community for their hardiness, expertise, and experience at high altitudes. Despite the value of their services, the pay is insubstantial to the point where many cannot afford the modern climbing gear that Western climbers use. Many have speculated that a portion of Sherpas' climbing ability may be due to a genetically greater lung capacity, allowing much better performance at high altitudes. It has also been suggested that one reason why they were widely used as porters is that they had fewer dietary prohibitions than most people of the region and were prepared to eat whatever was given to them on expeditions.\n\nHistorically, the most famous Sherpa is Tenzing Norgay, who climbed Mount Everest with Edmund Hillary for the first time in 1953.\n\nTwo Sherpas, Pemba Dorjie and Lhakpa Gelu, have recently competed as to who can climb Everest quicker. On May 23rd 2003 Dorji summitted in 12 hours and 46 minutes. Three days later Gelu beat his record by two hours, summitting in 10 hours 46 minutes. On May 21st 2004 Dorjie again improved the record by more than two hours with a total time of 8 hours and 10 minutes. This feat may be considered one of the greatest in mountaineering.
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You can contact Nepalese Embassy in Kensington Palace Gardens, London or visiting its website http://www.nepembassy.org.uk/.\n\nSome of the medical college I remember are:\n* Nepal Medical College\n* Teaching Hospital\n* BP Koirala Institute for Medical Studies\n* Manipal Teaching Hospital\n\nwebistes of Universities which offers med studies:\nwww.tribhuvan-university.edu.np/\nwww.ku.edu.np/ \n\nI hope these info are helpful for you.\n\ncheers
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1)What do they wear as traditional clothing?\n2)What form of currency do they use?\n3)What language/s do they speak?\n4)What type of economy do they have?\n5)Where do they live?\n6)What is their spiritual beliefs?\n7)Do they have holi(y)days? celebrations?\n8)If so, what is their significance?\n9)How do they communicate (oral tradition or written)?\n10)What is their ethnicity?
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The Himalayas, some of the tallest mountains in the world... home to Mt. Everest, K2, etc.
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You can find legends from many countries about various volcanoes at this site:\nhttp://volcano.und.edu/vwdocs/kids/legends.html
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It is quite possible. Nepal is in turmoil since the present king acceeded the throne. Over to you CIA!