- Nepal Introduction
- Nepal is an underdeveloped landlocked country inhabited by 23 million populations of enormous culture and ethnic diversity. Nepal, with 147181 km area, is more than double the size of Sri Lanka, 23 times smaller than India and 68 times smaller than China. It is surrounded by India and south, West and East and by china on the north.
Nepal is a beautiful country with diverse ecology. It has three diverse ecological zones tropical Terai (Plains), subtropical hilly region, and the cold mountains in the north. These three climatic regions run parallel through the east to the west. Hilly region runs in between the plains and the mountains. Six regions constitute Nepal’s climate. The temperature varies from 0 to 45 degree Celsius. It ranges from extreme hot, pleasant hot/ cold, to chilling cold. This enables Nepalese workers to acclimatize in all types of climates. They can work in chilling European climates to the hottest Middle East.
Nepal is famous for Buddha, apostle of peace, world highest mountain the Mt. Everest and war veteran gurkhas. It is also the land best known for its social, culture and religious harmony. Buddhists, Hindus, Muslims, Christians and all make the country’s population, unity in diversity is what Nepalese are habituated with. Nepal’s nearly 90 percent population lives in the remote rural areas. Majority of rural population has no access to transport and electricity. It is largely dependent on traditional adriculutre.
Tourism, earlier the bedrock of Nepal’s miniscule economy, now has significantly declined. After the decline in tourism and the export of carpet and garment from Nepal, foreign employment has become the second largest contributor in Nepalese economy. - Overseas Employment: A Brief History
- History of Nepalese manpower going for overseas employment dates back to early 19th century. Nepalese are most pronounced names in the history of bravery and honest. Almost 200 years down the road, things have changed. Nepalese going abroad does it not limited only to India and British army. More than a million Nepalese work in the Middle East countries.
- Nepal’s short Biography
Capital Kathmandu Area 1, 47,181, sq.km Population About 23 million National Language Nepali Political system Multiparty Democracy Literacy 67% Religion Hindu, Buddhist, Christian, Muslim etc. Geographic Location Longitude -80ob0 4’ East -88o b0 12’East,
Latitude-26ob0 22’North-30ob0 27’NorthClimate Tropical, sub-tropical, and cold
