Neighbour countries of nepal

The neighbour countries of Nepal are India and China.As Nepal is landlocked country,it is sorrounded by India in South,west and East whereas China lies in the Northen territory of Nepal.

Embassy in Nepals

CANADIAN EMBASSY Address: Lazimpat, Kathmandu
Email: cco@ktmdu.mos.com.np
Telephone: 4415389, 4415861
Fax: 00977-1-4410422
Others: Working Hours: Monday to Friday: 900 hrs-1700 hrs

DEPARTMENT FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT (DFID) NEPAL
Telephone: 5542980/5542981
Fax: 00977-1-5542979
Others: Working Hours: Monday to Friday: 900 hrs-1700 hrs

EMBASSY OF BANGLADESH
Address: Chancery: PO Box 789, Chakrapath, Maharajgunj, Kathmandu
Telephone: 4372843 Fax: 00977-1-4373265
Others: Working Hours: Monday to Thursday 0900-1315 hrs, 1400-1700 hrs Friday: 0900- 1200 hrs, 1400-1700 hrs
Telex: 2420 Dot NP

EMBASSY OF INDIA
Address: Chancery, Lainchaur,Kathmandu
Email: indemb@mos.com.np
Telephone: 4410900, 4414990
Fax: 00977-1-4413132
Others: Working hours: Monday to Friday: 0900 hrs- 1300 hrs, 1330 hrs-1730 hrs

EMBASSY OF AUSTRALIA
Address: Chancery, Suraj Niwas,
Post Box 879, Bansbari, Kathmandu
Telephone: 4371678
Fax: 00977-1-4371533
Others: Working Hours: Monday to Thursday: 0830 hrs---1315 hrs, 1330 hrs-1700 hrs Friday: 0830 hrs-1315 hrs

EMBASSY OF CHINA
Address: Chancery: PO Box: 6327, Baluwatar, Kathmandu
Telephone: 4411740,4411958
Fax: 00977-1-414045
Others: Economic & Commercial Counselor's Office: PO Box: 4234, Naxal, Kathmandu
Tel: 4 434472,4 434972,
Fax: 4434792
Working Hours: Monday to Friday: 0900 hrs-1200 hrs, 1500 hrs-1700 hrs

EMBASSY OF DENMARK
Address: Chancery: Lalita Niwas Road, Baluwatar
PO Box 6332, Kathmandu
Email: danemb@wlink.com.np
Telephone: 4413010, 4413020
Fax: 00977-1-4411409
Others: Working Hours: Monday to Thursday: 0900 hrs-1700 hrs Friday: 0900 hrs-1400 hrs Consular Hours: Monday to Friday: 1000 hrs-1200 hrs

EMBASSY OF EGYPT
Address: Chancery: Pulchowk, Lalitpur,
PO Box: 792, Kathmandu
Telephone: 5524812, 5520083
Fax: 00977-1-5522975
Others: Working Hours: Monday to Friday: 0900 hrs-1500 hrs Consular Section: 1200 hrs-1500 hrs
Telex: 2225 BUSTAN NP

EMBASSY OF FINLAND
Address: Chancery: Lazimpat
PO Box 2126, Kathmandu
Email: finembka@mos.com.np
Telephone: 4416636, 4417221
Fax: 00977-1-4416703
Others: Working Hours: Monday to Friday: 0830 hrs- 1615 hrs

EMBASSY OF FRANCE
Address: Chancery: Lazimpat, Kathmandu
Email: ambafr@mos.com.np
Telephone: 4413332, 4413839
Fax: 00977-1-4419968

EMBASSY OF GERMANY
Address: Chancery: Gyaneshwor,
PO Box 226, Kathmandu
Telephone: 4412786
Fax: 00977-1-4416899
Telex: 2213 aa kath np

EMBASSY OF ISRAEL
Address: Chancery: Bishramalaya House, Lazimpat, Kathmandu
Email: israelem@mos.com.np
Telephone: 4411811, 4413419
Fax: 00977-1-4413920
Others: Working hours: Monday to Thursday: 0815 hrs-1545 hrs Friday: 0815 hrs-1345 hrs

EMBASSY OF JAPAN
Address: Chancery: PO Box 264, Panipokhari, Kathmandu
Telephone: 4426680
Fax: 00977-1-4414101
Others: Working Hours: Monday to Friday: 0900 hrs- 1300 hrs, 1430 hrs- 1700 hrs Visa Section: Tuesday to Friday: 0930 hrs-1130 hrs

EMBASSY OF KOREA, DEMOCRATIC PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC
Address: Chancery: Jhamsikhel, Lalitpur, Nepal
Telephone: 5521855, 5535871
Fax: 00977-1-5525394
Others: Working hours: Monday to Friday: 0900-1300 hrs, 1400-1800 hrs

EMBASSY OF KOREA, REPUBLIC OF
Address: Chancery: PO Box 1058, Himshail, Red Cross Marg Tahachal Kathmandu.
Email: koreaemb@mos.com.np
Telephone: 4270172, 4270417
Fax: 00977-1-4272041
Others: Working Hours: Monday to Friday: 0900 hrs-1200 hrs, 1400 hrs-1700 hrs

EMBASSY OF MYANMAR
Address: Chancery: Chakupat, Patan Gate, Lalitpur
Telephone: 5521788, 5524788
Fax: 00977-1-5523402
Others: Working Hours: Monday to Friday: 0930 hrs- 1300 hrs, 1400 hrs-1630 hrs

EMBASSY OF PAKISTAN
Address: Chancery: Pushpanjali, Narayan Gopal Chowk, Ring Road, Maharajgunj,
PO Box 202, Kathmandu
Telephone: 4374024
Fax: 00977-1-4374012
Others: Working Hours: Monday to Friday: 0900 hrs- 1730 hrs

EMBASSY OF RUSSIA
Address: Chancery: PO Box 123, Baluwatar, Kathmandu
Telephone: 4412155, 4411063
Fax: 00977-1-4416571

EMBASSY OF SRI LANKA
Address: Chancery: PO Box 8802, Baluwatar, Kathmandu
Email: embassy@srilanka.wlink.com.np
Telephone: 4419289, 4413623
Fax: 00977-1-4435428
Others: Working Hours: Monday to Friday: 0900 hrs-1700 hrs

EMBASSY OF THAILAND
Address: Chancery: PO Box 106, Lainchaur, Kathmandu
Telephone: 4371410, 4371411
Fax: 00977-1-4371408, 37
Others: Working Hours: Monday to Friday: 0830-1230 hrs, 1330-1630 hrs Consular Section: 0930 hrs- 1230 hrs

EMBASSY OF UNITED KINGDOM
Address: Chancery: PO Box 106, Lainchaur, Kathmandu
Telephone: 4410583, 4411281
Fax: 00977-1-4411789, 41
Others: Working Hours: Monday to Thursday: 0815 hrs-1230 hrs, 1330 hrs-1700 hrs Friday: 0815 hrs-1230 hrs, 1330 hrs-1515 hrs

EMBASSY OF UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Address: Chancery: Panipokhari, Kathmandu
Telephone: 4411179, 4413890
Fax: 00977-1-4419963
Others: Working Hours: Monday to Friday: 0800 hrs-1700 hrs

EUROPEAN UNION
Address: Chancery: Baluwatar, Kathmandu
Email: eudelnep@mos.com.np
Telephone: 4423569, 4429445
Fax: 00977-1-4423541
Others: Working Hours: Monday to Friday: 900 hrs-1700 hrs

SAARC SECRETARIAT
Address: Chancery: SAARC Secretariat Tridevi Marg, Kathmandu
Email: saarc@mos.com.np
Telephone: 4221785, 4226350
Fax: 00977-1-4227033
Others: Working hours Monday to Friday:0900 hrs-1700 hrs

visas for Nepal

Getting Nepal Tourist VisasA Visa is necessary to enter Nepal and can be obtained for the following duration from any Royal Nepalese Embassy or Consulate or at the entry points in Nepal.
The rules below have been updated as of September 2001.
Single entry tourist visas can be obtained by paying US $30 for 60 days.
If you wish to leave and re-enter the country, you'll need to pay additional fees. US $25 for Single Re-entry, US $40 for Double Re-entry and US $60 for Multiple Re-entry.
If you leave and wish to Re-enter Nepal as a tourist within 150 day of the same visa year, you may pay US $50 for 30 days.
Visitors may extend their tourist visa by paying US $50 for 30 days.
Trekking permits are not required for Everest, Annapurna and Langtang areas.
Business visas with multiple entry facilities are available at a rate of US $100 for one year and US $250 for five years. Ministry of Industry recommendation is required.
Getting Nepal Non-Tourist Visas
Marriage Visas
For those married to a Nepali citizen and wanting to stay in Nepal for as long as you like and without getting a Nepali passport and giving up your country of birth passport (which is not always a good idea!), a non-tourist marriage visa is the best way to go.
Changing from a tourist visa to a non-tourist visa can sometimes be a lengthy process and a lot of waiting around before they get to your file!
You need to visit the Department of Immigration office next to the tourist visa office in Bhrikuti Mandap, phone no.4223681/ 4222453 and collect a form for Non-Tourist visas. It's open the same hours as the tourist visa office. The processing time will take about 7 days as they asses your information. You can get issued a visa for as long as you like, 2, 4, 6 months, as long as you pay the US$10/month (about Rs750) for single entry. For a single re-entry you pay an extra US$25.
You require the following documentsThe application form photocopied 6 times (so you have 7 forms). Sign the forms after you have photocopied them!
7 passport photos one for each form.
Photocopies of your own and your partners passports, including a copy of your current tourist visa.
Photocopy of your partners Nepali citizenship card.
Photocopy of your marriage certificate.
If you need to renew your non-tourist visa you only require 2 forms, 2 passport photos and a photocopy of your passport with last issued visa.
Remember to take all originals with you at time of application and when you go in to collect your visa form ask what documents you need, the Nepali government changes the rules regularly.
Residential Visa
This visa is for those people who want to permanently live in Nepal.
For the first year a fee of US$200 needs to be paid, then each year it's renewed a fee of US$100. It's a multiply entry visa so you can come in and out of Nepal as you like.
Obtaining a Transit Visa for NepalA transit visa can be obtained from Airport Immigration for a period of 48 hrs. on the presentation of airline ticket.
Fee for Transit Visa: US$ 5.00

How to apply visas in Nepal

To get a Nepalese Visa for tourism purpose is very easy and invites an absolute minimum of red-tapeism. Tourists of at least 50 different countries that are affiliated to the United Nations have the 'Visa on arrival' facility. The rest will have to procure the advance Visa from the Nepalese Embassy in their respective countries. Residents of many countries in Asia don't even require Visa. In spite of all these, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has issued the following Visa guidelines for the tourists: -

• The foreign tourist visiting Nepal shall be granted the tourist visa.
• The tourist visa shall be granted for a period in maximum of five months in a visa year.
• A tourist who has departed before the expiry of the period specified in the visa issued in a visa year shall not be allowed to use the visa by adding the remaining period to another visa year.
• If any foreigner who has entered into Nepal towards the end of a visa year desires to spend even the period during which he may stay in Nepal with the tourist visa of the other visa year, he may use such facility. Provided, however, that the computation of the fees for such period shall be made on the basis of the total period of his stay.
• An application for the tourist visa has to be submitted in a particular format that can be obtained from the embassy or downloaded from the site http://www.tourism.gov.np

National Anthem of Nepal

National Anthem of Nepal
सयौं थुँगा फूलका हामी, एउटै माला नेपाली
सार्वभौम भई फैलिएका, मेची-महाकाली।
प्रकृतिका कोटी-कोटी सम्पदाको आंचल
वीरहरूका रगतले, स्वतन्त्र र अटल।

ज्ञानभूमि, शान्तिभूमि तराई, पहाड, हिमाल
अखण्ड यो प्यारो हाम्रो मातृभूमि नेपाल।

बहुल जाति, भाषा, धर्म, संस्कृति छन् विशाल
अग्रगामी राष्ट्र हाम्रो, जय जय नेपाल।
Transliteration

Sayaű thűgā phūlkā hāmī, euṭai mālā nepālī

Sārvabhaum bhai phailiekā, Mechi-Mahākālī

Prakṛtikā koṭī-koṭī sampadāko ā̃chal,

Vīrharūkā ragata le, swatantra ra aṭal

Gyānabhūmi, śhāntibhūmi Tarāī, pahād, himāl

Akhaṇḍa yo pyāro hāmro mātṛibhūmi Nepāl

Bahul jāti, bhāṣhā, dharma, sãnskṛti chan biśhāl

Agragāmī rāṣhṭra hāmro, jaya jaya Nepāl

 

Translation

We are hundreds of flowers, the one garland - Nepali

Sovereign, spread out from Mechi to Mahakali.

Amassing nature's millions of resources

By the blood of heroes, independent and immovable.

Land of knowledge, land of peace, Terai, hills, mountains

Indivisible this beloved, our motherland Nepal.

The diverse races, languages, faiths, and cultures are so extensive

Our progressive nation, long live Nepal

                              

Lyrics	Byakul Maila
Music	Ambar Gurung
Adopted	2007

facts about nepal

Nepali Flag

Capital: Kathmandu
Language: Nepali (official) & 20 other languages divided into numerous dialects. Derived from Sanskrit, Nepali is related to the Indian language, Hindi, and is spoken by about 90 percent of the population in either native or second language fluency. Many Nepalese in government and business also speak English.
Time Zone: 5 hrs 45 min ahead of GMT
Currency: 1 Nepalese Rupee (NR) divided into 100 paise  Exchange Rate: 74.5 NR = 1 US Dollar

International Calling Code: 977 + city codes (Kathmandu 1, Pokhara 61)

National Calendar: The Nepali year begins in mid-April and is divided into 12 months: Baisakh, Jestha, Asadh, Shrawan, Bhadra, Aswin, Kartik, Marga, Poush, Phalgun, Chaitra.                 Saturday is the official weekly holiday.
Unification Day: 1768 (by Prithvi Narayan Shah - First King)
National Anthem:"Nepali are like the garalnd with many flowers....."
National Motto: "The Motherland Is Worth More than the Kingdom of Heaven."
National Bird: Danphe
National Flower: the spectacular rhododendron 'gras' in Nepali
Land:
Area Total: 140,800 km2, Area Land: 136,800 km2
Land use: arable land: 17%  permanent pastures: 15%
forests and woodland: 42%
Geography: landlocked; strategic location between India and Chinese-occupied Tibet; extremely diverse terrain ranging from fertile plains and broad valleys to containing eight of the world's ten highest peaks.
Climate: Nepal has a climate that ranges from subtropical summers with mild winters in the southern lowlands to an alpine climate with cool summers as well as severe winters in the mountains. Average annual precipitation decreases from 1,778 mm (70 inches) in the east to 899 mm (35 inches) in the west.
People: 
Ethnic Groups: Among the earliest inhabitants were the Newars of the Kathmandu Valley and aboriginal Tharus in the southern Terai region. The Indo-Nepalese migrated from India and are ancestors of the Brahman and Chetri caste groups, which account for nearly 80% of the population. The Tibeto-Nepalese account for the remainder and trace their origins to central Asia and Tibet, including the Gurungs, Magars and Tamang in the west, Rais and Limbus in the east, and Sherpas and Bhotias in the north.
Religion: 90% Hindu (official state religion) 5% Buddhist, 3% Muslim, 2% Other (Christian, indigenous & animistic practices) While Nepal is the only Hindu country in the world, Hinduism has synthesized with Buddhism in Nepal. As a result, Buddhist and Hindu shrines and festivals are respected and celebrated by all.
Population: 23,200,000 (2001 census)

Environment

Nepal's environmental challenges are largely a consequence of its dependence on fuel derived from wood, and the expansion of agricultural lands through non-sustainable development methods. This includes removing trees without measures for replanting, which results in widespread deforestation and soil erosion. Water pollution and contaminated water also presents human health risks.

Major natural hazards in Nepal include severe thunderstorms, flooding, landslides, drought, as well as famine resulting from the timing, intensity, and duration of the summer monsoons. Nepal is also an earthquake prone area due to the Himalayas.

Facts about Pokhara

Population	About 170,000 thousand. It is believed that Pokhara was the city of Mallas, the rulers of Nepal about 250 years ago. The Newar community of Kathmandu Valley migrated to Pokhara, built houses like those of Mallas, and started developing settlements which lead to the development of this city. Today, Pokhara is developed by tourism, import and export business of both domestic as well as foreign products to various towns and villages in Kaski and other districts of Nepal
Land Area	47.5 square miles (about 123 sq kilometers), About half of the area is the Sub-Metropolitan City area.
Location	Longitude : 83 58' 30"E to 80 02' 30" E Latitude : 28 10' N to 28 16' N
Altitude	2900 feet (about 884 meter)
Distance	124 miles (200 kilometers) from the Capital, Kathmandu 114 miles (about 184 kilometers) from the Indian border located about 2.5 miles from Bhairahawa (Also called as Belhia)
Weather	Pokhara receives very good amount of Rainfall every year. Rainy months include May to September, where July is the most heavy rain fall season receiving upto 33 inches (about 845 mm or millimeter) rainfall. Pokhara has a mild weather all year around, however during December to February, temperature can drop to freezing point. Pokhara gets more rain than any other city of Nepal. Best time to visit this city is October and April, but if you have an umbrella in your hand, then cross that out, please!
Official Holidays	All Major National Holidays and Each Friday Half Day (Evening Shift) and Saturday Full Day.
What does Pokhara mean for Nepal?	It is a main center for the import and distribution of the domestic and imported foreign goods for various districts that are linked to Pokhara. Pokhara is the main entry point for goods going to the Kaski district of Nepal. Pokhara's population is growing more than ever, as the city has become the immediate choice for those who are leaving Kathmandu because of pollution or congestion factors, and it is also the number one choice for Nepalese living abroad for buying lands or houses in Nepal. Population of vehicles in Pokhara is also increasing. Pokhara will eventually develop the nearby villages and towns both by tourism industry as well as by local business, which will benefit all