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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 38. Chapters: Kathmandu, Pokhara, Panauti, List of cities in Nepal, Barpak, Kathmandu Metropolitan City, Damak, Lumbini, Kisandol, Lukla, Kusma, Nepal, Suryathum, Tumlingtar, Dhulikhel Municipality, Narayangarh, Chitwan, Devadaha, Thonje, Dhorpatan, Shyauli Bazaar, Baikunthe, Chukhung, Bijalpura, Nepal, Dingboche, Bhatgaon, Nepal, Rasua Garhi, Tansing, Gaurighat, Mechinagar, Dole, Nepal, Makaikhola, Jagat, Galwa, Tolichaka, Jhawani, Phaphlu, Kunchla, Keware, Bindhyabasini temple, Shershon, Garhi, Nepal. Excerpt: Kathmandu (Nepali: Nepal Bhasa: ) is the capital and, with close to one million inhabitants, the largest metropolitan city of Nepal. The city is the urban core of the Kathmandu Valley in the Himalayas, which contains two sister cities: Lalitpur (Patan), 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) to its south and Bhaktapur or Bhadgaon, 12 kilometres (7.5 mi) to its east, and a number of smaller towns. It is also acronymed as 'KTM' and named 'tri-city'. In the last census (2001), the city of Kathmandu had 671,846 inhabitants. Population estimates for 2005 were 790,612 and for 2010 they stood at 989,273. The municipal area is (50.67 square kilometres (19.56 sq mi)) and the population density is 19,500 per km . The city stands at an elevation of approximately 1,400 metres (4,600 ft) in the bowl-shaped valley in central Nepal surrounded by four major hills, namely: Shivapuri, Phulchowki, Nagarjun and Chandragiri. Kathmandu valley is part of three districts, Kathmandu District, Lalitpur District and Bhaktapur District, with the highest population density in the country and accounting for about 1/5 of its population. Kathmandu is not only the capital of the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal but also the headquarters of the Central Region (Madhyamanchal) among the five development regions constituted by the 14 administrative zones of Nepal locat...
