Nepal, officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal, is a landlocked country in South Asia. It is mainly situated in the Himalayas, but also includes parts of the Indo-Gangetic Plain. It borders the Tibet Autonomous Region of China to the north, and India to the south, east, and west, while it is narrowly separated from Bangladesh by the Siliguri Corridor, and from Bhutan by the Indian state of Sikkim. Nepal has a diverse geography, including fertile plains, subalpine forested hills, and eight of the world's ten tallest mountains, including Mount Everest, the highest point on Earth. Kathmandu is the nation's capital and the largest city. Nepal is a multi-ethnic, multi-lingual, multi-religious and multi-cultural state, with Nepali as the official language.

హిమాలయాలలో ఉన్న నేపాలు రాజ్యం, 2006 నేపాల్ ప్రజాస్వామ్య ఉద్యమానికి పూర్వం ప్రపంచంలోని ఏకైక హిందూ రాజ్యం. ఇది దక్షిణ ఆసియాలో చైనా, టిబెట్, భారతదేశాల సరిహద్దులతో ఉంది. ఇది ఒక భూపరివేష్టిత దేశం (లాండ్‌లాక్)