Nepal

The Kingdom of Nepal ({{IPA2|}} {{Audio|Nepal.ogg|listen}}) is a landlocked country in South Asia, bordering the People's Republic of China to the north and India to the south, east and west. Nepal has the distinction of being the world's only Hindu state, with over eighty percent of the people following this faith. For a relatively small country, the Nepali landscape is uncommonly diverse, ranging from the humid Terrai in the south to the lofty Himalayas in the north. Nepal boasts eight of the world's ten highest mountains, including Mount Everest on the border with China. Kathmandu is the capital and largest city. The exact origin of the name Nepal is uncertain, but the most popular understanding is that it is derived from Ne (holy) and pal (cave).

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• {{Web reference | title= A Country Study: Nepal | work=Federal Research Division, Library of Congress | URL=http://memory.loc.gov/frd/cs/nptoc.html | date=September 23 | year=2005}}
• {{Web reference | title= Nepal | work=CIA World Factbook | URL=http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/np.html | date=September 23 | year=2005}}
• {{Web reference | title= Nepal | work=MSN Encarta | URL=http://encarta.msn.com/encyclopedia_761562648_3/Nepal.html | date=September 23 | year=2005}}
• {{Web reference | title= India Nepal Open Border | work=Nepal Democracy | URL=http://www.nepaldemocracy.org/documents/treaties_agreements/nep_india_open_border.htm | date=September 23 | year=2005}}
• {{Web reference | title= Football at the heart of the Himalaya | work=FIFA | URL=http://www.fifa.com/en/regulations/magazine/index/0,1569,102162,00.html?articleid=102162 | date=September 23 | year=2005}}
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• {{Web reference_author | Author= Siddharth Srivastava | Title=India hits Nepal where it hurts | Work=Asia Times Online | URL=http://www.atimes.com/atimes/South_Asia/GB24Df04.html| Date=September 23 | Year=2005}}
• {{Web reference | title=Nepal: A state under seige | work=The South Asian: Featured Articles | URL=http://www.thesouthasian.org/archives/000155.html| date=September 23 | year=2005}}
• {{Web reference | title= Nepal: Basic Fact Sheet | work=Nepal homepage | URL=http://www.nepalhomepage.com/general/glance.html| date=September 23 | year=2005}}
• {{Web reference | title= Jailed ex-PM in Nepal court plea | work=BBC News | URL=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/4194160.stm| date=September 29 | year=2005}}
• {{Web reference | title= Timeline: Nepal | work=BBC News | URL=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/country_profiles/1166516.stm| date=September 29 | year=2005}}
• {{Web reference | title= Nepal to hold polls in two years| work=Times of India | URL=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/1239136.cms| date=September 29 | year=2005}}
• {{Web reference | title= Nepal | work=Factbook on Global Sexual Exploitation | URL=http://www.uri.edu/artsci/wms/hughes/nepal.htm| date=September 23 | year=2005}}
• {{Book reference | Author=Barbara Crossette| Title=So Close to Heaven: The Vanishing Buddhist Kingdoms of the Himalayas | Publisher= New York: Vintage | Year=1995 | ID=ISBN 0679743634}}
• {{Book reference | Author=Bista, Dor Bahadur| Title=People of Nepal | Publisher= Dept. of Publicity, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Govt. of Nepal | Year=1967 | ID=ISBN 9993304182}}
• {{Book reference | Author=Peter Matthiessen| Title=The Snow Leopard | Publisher= Penguin | Year=1993 | ID=ISBN 0-00-272025-6}}
• {{Book reference | Author=Joe Simpson| Title=Storms of Silence | Publisher= Mountaineers Books | Year=1997 | ID=ISBN 0898865123}}
• {{Book reference | Author=Samrat Upadhyay| Title=Arresting God in Kathmandu | Publisher= Mariner Books | Year=2001 | ID=ISBN 0618043713}}
• {{Book reference | Author=Joseph R. Pietri| Title=The King of Nepal | Publisher=Joseph R. Pietri | Year=2001 | ID=ISBN 061511928X}}
• {{Book reference | Author=Maurice Herzog| Title=Annapurna | Publisher=The Lyons Press | Year=1951 | ID=ISBN 1558215492}}
• {{Book reference | Author=Dervla Murphy| Title=The Waiting Land: A Spell in Nepal | Publisher= Transatlantic Arts | Year=1968 | ID=ISBN 0719517451}}
• {{Book reference | Author=Rishikesh Shaha| Title=Modern Nepal: A Political History| Publisher=Manohar Publishers and Distributors | Year=2001 | ID=ISBN 8173044031}}