Kathmandu is the biggest city and
capital of
Nepal and the namesake of
the
Kathmandu Valley. Once deliberation
to be the fabled and inaccessible Shangri-La, Kathmandu is now a hub for
independent travelers as well as a growing vacation spot catering to all
budgets. As a result of sizeable urban growth in recent decades, it is now part
of one unremitting urban area jointly with
Patan
to the south.
Traditionally, only the
Kathmandu
Valley was referred to as
"Nepal"
by people who lived exterior the valley. After the invasion of the valley by
the Gorkha kingdom, and succeeding adaptation of the valley as the capital of
their territory, this description of
"Nepal"
was extensive to every land they occupied. The valley itself was referred to as
"Nepal Proper" by the fashionable
British historians. Today
Kathmandu is
not only the capital of the Federal Democratic Republic of
Nepal but also the headquarters of the Central Region
(Madhyamanchal) amongst the five expansion regions constitute by the 14 managerial
zones of
Nepal located at the
central part of the country. The Central region has three zones: Bagmati, Narayani
and Janakpur.
Kathmandu is located
in the Bagmati Zone.
Kathmandu, as the entryway to
Nepal Tourism, is the bravery centre of
the country’s economy. With the most superior transportation among urban areas
in
Nepal,
Kathmandu's economy is visiting the attractions centric accounting
for 3.8% of the GDP in 1995–96 (had declined since then due to political unrest
but has singled out up again).
The city’s rich history is nearly 2000 years old, as anecdotal from an dedication
in the valley. Most of
Kathmandu's
people follow Hinduism followed by Buddhism. People of other devout convictions
also live in
Kathmandu giving it a multinational
culture.
Nepali is the most ordinary
language of the city.
Nepal Bhasa is
the
indigenous language spoken by
older populace as it is the midpoint of the Newar people and culture. English
is unwritten by the educated residents of the city. The literacy rate is 98% in
the city.
From the point of view of sightseeing, economy and enlightening heritage,
the sister cities of Lalitpur (Patan) and
Bhaktapur
are integral to
Kathmandu. The
cultural heritage appreciation under the
World
Heritage list of the
UNESCO has renowned
all the monuments in the three cities as one unit under the title
“Kathmandu Valley-UNESCO World Heritage
Site"
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