Nepal

Sanghiya Loktantrik Ganatantra Nepal

Political Status: Independent monarchy established 1769; limited constitutional system promulgated December 16, 1962; constitutional monarchy proclaimed under constitution of November 9, 1990; interim constitution promulgated January 15, 2007, changing country’s official name from Kingdom of Nepal to State of Nepal; monarchy formally ended and federal democratic republic proclaimed May 28, 2008, by a Constituent Assembly.

Area: 54,362 sq. mi. (140,797 sq. km).

Population: 31,164,915 (2012E—UN); 29,890,686 (2012E—U.S. Census).

Major Urban Center (2005E): KATHMANDU (804,000).

Official Language: Nepali.

Monetary Unit: Nepalese Rupee (market rate November 5, 2012: 86.20 rupees = $1US).

President: Ram Baran YADAV (Nepali Congress); elected by the Constituent Assembly on July 21, 2008, and sworn in on July 23, following the abolition of the monarchy on May 28, and the abdication of ...