Southern Asia
Flag of Nepal
Roof of the world, draped in prayer flags.
Colours, by share of the flag
- #f0f0f0 45%
- #d80030 28%
- #003090 7%
- #a81848 4%
Measured from the flag artwork itself, so shares are approximate and emblems get folded into the nearest tone.
Nepal in numbers
| Official name | Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal |
|---|---|
| Capital | Kathmandu |
| Region | Southern Asia, Asia |
| Population | 29,136,808 |
| Area | 147,181 km² · 198 people per km² |
| Currency | Nepalese rupee (NPR) |
| Languages | Nepali |
| Country codes | NP · NPL · .np |
| Coastline | Landlocked |
Things worth knowing
- Eight of the planet's fourteen peaks above 8,000 metres rise inside Nepal or on its borders, including Everest, which Nepalis call Sagarmatha.
- Nepal's flag is the only national flag that is not a rectangle, formed instead by two stacked triangular pennants.
- Lumbini, in Nepal's southern plains, is honoured as the birthplace of the Buddha, Siddhartha Gautama.
Did you know
Across barely 200 kilometres the land climbs from steamy lowland jungle, home to wild rhinos and tigers, to the highest point on Earth.
Neighbours
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Country data from the mledoze/countries dataset under ODbL 1.0. Flag artwork from the same dataset. All 196 flags.