Particulars

Nepal

Denmark

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Head of the state/Government

Nepal is an independent, indivisible, sovereign, secular, inclusive and fully democratic state. President Rt Hon Dr Rambaran Yadav is the head of the state. The Prime Minister Rt Hon. Mr Madhav Kumar Nepal is the head of the government. The sovereignty and the state authority of Nepal are vested in the Nepali people. Official name is Faderal Democratic Republic of Nepal.

In Danish Constitutional Monarchical System, the head of the state is Queen Margrethe II and the Prime Minister is the head of the government. The cabinet is appointed by the Prime Minister and approved by the parliament. The Prime Minister is appointed by the Monarch. It has a unicameral parliament called Folketing, which has 179 seats. The members of the parliament are elected for a term of 4 years.

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Location

South Asia, bordered on the North by China and on the South, West and Easy by India

Northern Europe, bordering the Baltic Sea and the North Sea, on a peninsula north of Germany (Jutland); also includes two major islands (Sjaelland and Fyn)

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Area:

Total: 147,181 sq km
Land: 143,181 sq km
Water: 4,000 sq km

total: 43,094 sq km
land: 42,394 sq km
water: 700 sq km
excluding the Faroe Islands and Greenland

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Land boundaries:

Total: 2,926 km

Total: 68 km
border countries: Germany 68 km

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Climate:

The hill, mid-hills and particularly the Kathmandu valleys are pleasant with warm summers and cool winters. Temperature ranges between maximum of 37 and minimum of 6 degree Celsius in the plains, 28 and 2 degree Celsius in the Kathmandu valley and 16 and 6 degree Celsius in the mountains. The rainy season lasts from June to August.

temperate; humid and overcast; mild, windy winters and cool summers

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Elevation

Llowest point: Kanchan Kalan, Jhapa 70 m
Highest point: Mount Everest 8,848 m

Llowest point: Lammefjord -7 m
Highest point: Yding Skovhoej 173 m

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Natural resources:

water, timber, hydropower, herbal, scenic beauty, copper, cobalt etc

petroleum, natural gas, fish, salt, limestone, chalk, stone, gravel and sand

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Land use:

Arable land: 16.07%
Permanent crops: 0.85%
Other: 83.08% (2005)

arable land: 54.02%
permanent crops: 0.19%
other: 45.79% (2001)

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Population:

23,151,423 as of June 2001

5,432,335 (July 2005 est.)

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Population growth rate:

2.132% (2007 est.)

0.34% (2005 est.)

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Life expectancy at birth

total population: 60.56 years
male: 60.78 years
female: 60.33 years (2007 est.)

total population: 77.62 years
male: 75.34 years
female: 80.03 years (2005 est.)

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Ethnic groups:

Chhettri 15.5%, Brahman-Hill 12.5%, Magar 7%, Tharu 6.6%, Tamang 5.5%, Newar 5.4%, Muslim 4.2%, Kami 3.9%, Yadav 3.9%, other 32.7%, unspecified 2.8% (2001 census)

Scandinavian, Inuit, Faroese, German, Turkish, Iranian, Somali

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Religions:

Hindu 80.6%, Buddhist 10.7%, Muslim 4.2%, Kirant 3.6%, other 0.9% (2001 census)

Evangelical Lutheran 95%, other Protestant and Roman Catholic 3%, Muslim 2%

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Languages:

Nepali 47.8%, Maithali 12.1%, Bhojpuri 7.4%, Tharu (Dagaura/Rana) 5.8%, Tamang 5.1%, Newar 3.6%, Magar 3.3%, Awadhi 2.4%, other 10%, unspecified 2.5% (2001 census)

Danish, Faroese, Greenlandic (an Inuit dialect), German (small

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Literacy:

male: 62.7%
female: 34.9% (2001 census)

male: 100%
female: 100%

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Administrative divisions:

14 zones, 75 districts.

- 14 counties (amter, singular - amt) and 2 boroughs* (amtskommuner, singular - amtskommune)

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Executive branch:

Head of state: Dr. Ram Baran Yadav

Head of government: Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal

Head of state: Queen MARGRETHE II (since 14 January 1972); Heir Apparent Crown Prince FREDERIK, elder son of the monarch (born 26 May 1968)
head of government: Prime Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen
 

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GDP purchasing power parity:

$41.18 billion (2006 est.)

- $174.4 billion (2004 est.)

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GDP - per capita

$390

Purchasing power parity - $32,200 (2004 est.)

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Exports:

$822 million f.o.b.; note - does not include unrecorded border trade with India (2005 est.)

$73.06 billion f.o.b. (2004 est.)

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Exports - commodities:

carpets, clothing, leather goods, jute goods, grain, handicrafts

machinery and instruments, meat and meat products, dairy products, fish, chemicals, furniture, ships, windmills

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Exports - partners:

India 67.9%, US 11.7%, Germany 4.7% (2006)

Germany 16.9%, Sweden 14%, UK 6.9%, US 5.4%, France 5.2%, Netherlands 5.1%, Norway 4.8% (2004)

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Imports:

$2 billion f.o.b. (2005 est.)

$63.45 billion f.o.b. (2004 est.)

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Imports - commodities:

gold, machinery and equipment, petroleum products, fertilizer

machinery and equipment, raw materials and semimanufactures for industry, chemicals, grain and foodstuffs, consumer goods

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Imports - partners:

India 61.8%, China 3.8%,  (2006)

Germany 22.9%, Sweden 12.4%, Netherlands 7.6%, France 5.6%, UK 5.4%, Norway 5%, Italy 4.3% (2004)

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Airports:

47 (2007)

97 (2004 est.)