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Kathmandu: Nepal's Capital & Tourism Hub

Kathmandu is the capital and largest city of Nepal, located in the Kathmandu Valley. It has a population of over 975,000 and is the economic, political, and cultural hub of the country. Kathmandu serves as Nepal's gateway to tourism and has the most advanced infrastructure in the nation.

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Kathmandu: Nepal's Capital & Tourism Hub

Kathmandu is the capital and largest city of Nepal, located in the Kathmandu Valley. It has a population of over 975,000 and is the economic, political, and cultural hub of the country. Kathmandu serves as Nepal's gateway to tourism and has the most advanced infrastructure in the nation.

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Kathmandu(/ktmndu/;[5] Nepali pronunciation: [km

u]) is the capital and largest municipality of Nepal. It


also hosts the headquarters of the South Asian Association
for Regional Cooperation (SAARC). It is the only city of
Nepal with the administrative status
of Mahanagar (Metropolitan City), as compared to UpaMahanagar (Sub-Metropolitan City) or Nagar(City).
Kathmandu is the core of Nepal's largest urban
agglomeration located in the Kathmandu Valley consisting
of Lalitpur,Kirtipur, Madhyapur Thimi, Bhaktapur and a
number of smaller communities. Kathmandu is also known
informally as "KTM" or the "tri-city". According to the 2011
census, Kathmandu Metropolitan City has a population of
975,453 and measures 49.45 km2 (19.09 sq mi).
The city stands at an elevation of approximately 1,400
metres (4,600 ft) in the bowl-shaped Kathmandu Valley of
central Nepal.[6] It is surrounded by four major
hills: Shivapuri, Phulchoki, Nagarjun, and Chandragiri.
Kathmandu Valley is part of three districts
(Kathmandu, Lalitpur, and Bhaktapur), has the highest

population density in the country, and is home to about a


twelfth of Nepal's population.
Historically, the Kathmandu Valley and adjoining areas were
known as Nepal Mandala. Until the 15th century, Bhaktapur
was its capital when two other capitals, Kathmandu and
Lalitpur, were established.[7] During the Rana and Shah eras,
British historians called the valley itself "Nepal Proper".
Today, Kathmandu is not only the capital of the Federal
Democratic Republic of Nepal, but also the headquarters of
the Bagmati Zone.[8]
Kathmandu is the gateway to tourism in Nepal. It is also the
hub of the country's economy. It has the most advanced
infrastructure of any urban area in Nepal, and its economy is
focused on tourism, which accounted for 3.8% of Nepal's
GDP in 1995/96. Tourism in Kathmandu declined thereafter
during a period of political unrest, but since then has
improved. In 2013, Kathmandu was ranked third among the
top 10 travel destinations on the rise in the world
by TripAdvisor, and ranked first in Asia.

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