Monday, May 24, 2010

Nepal

Nepal is country in Asia officially known as the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal. Nepal is a country enclosed by land and recently became a republic. It has two borders: China and India.

Nepal has a very high population for its territory; it is the 41st most populated country in the world. Kathmandu is the capital and its the biggest city. In the ten highest mountains of the world, Nepal has eight, Including the highest: Mount Everest (29,029 ft high).


They had a monarchy before they became a republic in 2008, the monarchy lasted for 240 years, but now they are the most recent country to abolish the monarchy. Nepal has 11 langages, and the most spoken is Nepali.

Due to the differences of altitude, Nepal has many different biomes. For
example, they have tropical savannas but also temperate forests and montane grasslands and shrublands and even snow in the mountains.

Agriculture represents 40% of Nepal’s economy, services represent 41% and just a small part of the economy comes from industry. The agricultural products are represented by tea, rice, corn, wheat, sugarcane, root crops, milk, and water buffalo meat. The industry is represented by the processing of tobacco, sugarcane and some grains.



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