INepal ngokusemthethweni iFederal Democratic Republic of Nepal, lilizwe elivaliweyo kuMzantsi Asia . Ifumaneka ikakhulu kwii -Himalayas, kodwa ikwabandakanya iindawo ze -Indo-Gangetic Plain . Umda weTibet Autonomous Region yaseChina ukuya emantla, kunye neIndiya emazantsi, empuma, nasentshona, ngelixa yahlulwe kancinane eBangladesh yiSiliguri Corridor, kwaye isuka eBhutan yilizwe laseIndiya iSikkim . INepal inejografi eyahlukeneyo, kubandakanya amathafa achumileyo, iinduli ezinamahlathi akwi-subalpine, kunye neentaba ezisibhozo kwezona zide zehlabathi, kubandakanya iMount Everest, eyona ndawo iphakamileyo emhlabeni. IKathmandu likomkhulu lesizwe kunye nesona sixeko sikhulu . INepal lilizwe lezizwe ngezizwe, iilwimi ezininzi, iinkonzo ezininzi kunye neenkcubeko ezininzi, kunye nesiNepali njengolwimi olusemthethweni.

Igama elithi "Nepal" libhalwe okokuqala kwimibhalo ukusuka kwixesha leVedic ye- Indian subcontinent, ixesha laseNepal yamandulo xa kwasekwa ubuHindu, inkolo ephambili yelizwe. Embindini wenkulungwane yokuqala ye-BC, uGautama Buddha, umsunguli weBuddhism, wazalelwa eLumbini kumazantsi eNepal. Imimandla ekumantla eNepal yayixubene nenkcubeko yaseTibet . Intlambo yaseKathmandu esembindini idibene nenkcubeko yama-Indo-Aryans, kwaye yayisisihlalo somanyano lwaseNewar olwaziwa ngokuba yiNepal Mandala . Isebe laseHimalaya leNdlela yeSilika yamandulo yayilawulwa ngabarhwebi bale ntlambo. Ummandla wecosmopolitan uphuhlise ubugcisa bemveli obahlukileyo kunye noyilo lwezakhiwo . Ngenkulungwane ye-18, uBukumkani baseGorkha bafikelela ekumanyeni iNepal . Ubukhosi bukaShah baseka uBukumkani baseNepal kwaye kamva benza umanyano kunye noBukhosi baseBritane, phantsi komnombo wabo weenkulumbuso zikaRana . Ilizwe alizange libe lithanga kodwa lasebenza njengelizwe elikhuselekileyo phakathi kwe -Imperial China kunye neBritish India . Idemokhrasi yasePalamente yaziswa ngo-1951 kodwa yanqunyanyiswa kabini ngookumkani baseNepal, ngo-1960 kunye no-2005. Imfazwe yamakhaya yaseNepal ngeminyaka yoo-1990s nasekuqaleni kweminyaka yoo-2000 yakhokelela ekusekweni kweriphabliki yehlabathi ngo-2008, yaphelisa ubukhosi bokugqibela bamaHindu ehlabathini.