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Kathmandu is the capital of Nepal. It is situated at an altitude of 1350 meter. The valley in which the city is located is surrounded by green mountains, shrines, temples, palaces, squares, ageless sculptures and legends that are part of every brick and stone and gilded masterpiece make a living museum of Kathmandu city. "There are as many temples as there are houses and as many
idols as inhabitants here, not being a fountain or river or a hill, within its limits that is not consecrated to one or the other of the Hindu or Buddhist deities". Wrote a foreigner a long-time ago.
History :
The city of Kathmandu was built by King Gun Kamdev in 723 AD
It is widely believed that Kathmandu was a big lake and was made habitable when Manjushree
cut the hill open at Chovar to drain out the water. Kathmandu is one of the three
historical cities of Kathmandu valley, the other two being, Lalitpur and Bhaktapur.
Kathmandu is named after "Kastha-Mandap" meaning the temple made of wood in
Sanskrit, art imposing Pagoda near Hanuman Dhoka Palace. It was built in 1596 out of a
single tree.
Climate :
It has a pleasant sub-tropical cool climate. Summer (June-August) is
warm to hot (max 31 C) with lots of rainfall, Spring (March-May) and Autumn (September-
November) is warm during the day and cool in the night. Winter (December-February) is cold
with minimum temperature of about 0 C but mostly sunny during the days. The annual
rainfall is about 1300 mm.
Information’s
:
Population - about 6,50,000
Annual growth rate - 6%
Number of households - 81,139
Number of houses - 53,995
Area - 4,758.7 ha
Built up area - 2,912.4 ha
Average population density - 87 persons/ ha
Higher pop density - 1,200 person/ ha
Per capital income - 200 US Dollar
Historical Places & Cultural
Heritage :
Swayambhunath - Stupa complex
Pashupatinath - Temple complex
Bouddhanath - Stupa
Royal Palace - Historical palaces
and many others.
GENERAL INFORMATION
1. Visa can be obtained from the Royal Nepalese Embassy, Mon-Fri 1000-1200 hrs. Visas can also be obtained on arrival in Kathmandu at Tribhuvan International Airport.2.Once the Visa is granted it has to be used within six months from the date of issue. It is valid for 30 days for single entry & double entry and 60 days for multiple entry, from the date of entry into Nepal.
3.Once the visa is issued it cannot be amended or revalidated. Visa fees are 20 pound per person for single entry for 30 days and 30 pound per person for double entry for 30 days and 45 pound per person for multiple entry for 60 days. Minimum time required for processing visa is 24 hrs. Application by post takes two to three weeks.
4. One passport size photo required along with visa form.
5. Personal cheques and credit cards are not accepted, only British Postal Order/Sterling Pound Draft and S.A.E for U.K. and International coupon for other countries for return of passport(s).
For further queries, please contact:
Royal Nepalese Embassy
12A Kensington Palace Gardens
London
W8 4QU
Tel: 0171-229-1594
Fax: 0171-792-9861
E-Mail: 101642.43@compuserve.com
Useful Telephone Numbers
Royal Nepalese Embassy - 0171-229-6231,
Visa Section - 0171-229-1594
Fax - 0171-792-9861
Royal Nepal Airlines - 0171-494-0974
Reservation - 0171-287-4949
Cargo Service
- 0171-384-3359
Travel Services
- 0171-757-2757
Travellers Cheque -
0171-757-2022
Health & Immunisation - 0171-637-9899
Travel Insurance
- 0171-757-2102
Car Hire
- 0171-757-2000
Airports :
London City Airport - 0171-474-5555
London Gatwick - 01293-535353
London Heathrow - 0181-759-4321
London Luton
- 01582-405-100
London Stansted -
01279-680-500
Manchester
-
0161-489-3000
Birmingham
-
0121-767-5511
Emergency - 999
International Code for Nepal - 00-977-1
THE VISIT NEPAL YEAR
A world of it’s own
For further Information on the following ,
Trekking, Mountaineering, River Rafting, Jungle Safari, Accomodation,
Air Ticketing, National Park, Wildlife Reserve......
Foreign Investment
Tourism Sector, and others.......
PLEASE CONTACT :
Dhruba K.C
Department of Tourism, Nepal
Public Relation Function, UK
41 Nightingale Road
London, NW10 4RG
Tel :- 0181-965-6042
Fax :- 0181-357-2552/0181-961-6344
