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National Flag
Capital - Kathmandu
Government Parliament dissolved by King Gyanandra in 2002, reinstated in 2006
Currency Nepalese rupee (NPR)
Area total: 140,800 km2
water: 4,000 km2
land: 136,800 km2
Population 25,873,917 (July 2002 est.)
Language Nepali (official; spoken by 90% of the population), about a dozen other languages and about 30 major dialects; note - many in government and business also speak English (1995)
Religion Hinduism 86.2%, Buddhism 7.8%, Islam 3.8%, other 2.2%
note: only official Hindu state in the world (1995)
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