TOP FIVE FACTS ABOUT NEPAL

1.  GURKHAS OF NEPAL HAVE BEEN PART OF BRITISH ARMY SINCE 1800's

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Since 1815, Nepali Gurkha army, famous for the bravery, has been a part of the British Army. Till date there are many new recruits for the army. Many of the Gurkhas were awarded by medal like Victoria Cross. The name Gurkha originates from the place called Gorkha, which used to be a separate kingdom in 1800's.

2. NEPAL IS THE ONLY COUTNRY WITH NON RECTANGULAR NATIONAL FLAG

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As we can see in the picture, flag of Nepal has two triangles with sun and moon. In fact this is the only national flag in the world which is not rectangular in shape. Beside in 2014 Nepal made a world record by making a largest human flag, with about 10000 people.

3. MOST PART OF THE HIMALAYAS RANGE IS IN NEPAL

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Nepal has got 8 highest peak in the world except for Mt K2, second highest in Pakistan. Mount Everest also called Sagarmatha is 8848m high. The list of the peaks can be seen in this Wikipedia page https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_highest_mountains_on_Earth

4. THE AVERAGE WIDTH OF NEPAL IS ONLY 193KM

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Despite of average width being only 193km it is impossible to travel the across the width of the country in a day. It usually takes a week or more to go form north to south of the country because of the very-very complex geographical structures. Except for some highways which reach north, it takes more than a day for the travel.

5. NEPAL HAS GOT HUGE DIVERSITY IN THE PEOPLE

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There are more than 80 different ethnics groups in Nepal and people speaking more than 125 languages. People had different lifestyle , culture tradition while moving form south to north and east to west.

TOP FIVE WORST EARTHQUAKE OF ALL TIME

5 Leogane, Haiti Jan 12 2010

A 7.0 magnitude earthquake hit Haiti near town of Leogane. It caused major damage in Port au Prince,Jacmel and other settlements near the regions. Notable building in the city were destroyed. Death toll reached 316000, and about 85,000 of unpublished deaths and number of displaced persons at 895,000.

4 Rudbar, Iran June 21 1990

The quake of 7.4 caused damage within 100 kilometers of the epicenter’s radius near the city of Rashi, and about 200 kilometer northwest of Tehran. It destroyed more than 700 villages across cities of Rudbar, Manjiil and Luhsan. The earthquake cause 40,000 fatalites, 60,000 injured and 500,000 homeless and loss of $200,000,000.

3 Izmit, Turkey August 17 1990

The 7.9 magnitude quake struck northernn Turkey for about 3.7 seconds. The death tolled 17,127 and injured about 50,000. Izmit was badly damaged and left no home untouched. 120,000 poorly engineered houses were damaged and 50,000 heavily damaged , 2000 buildings were collapsed and made 300,000 people homeless. 

2 Maule, Chile February 27 2010

A magnitude of 8.8 on the moment magnitude scale, with intense shaking lasting for about three minutes and it ranked as the sixth largest earthquake ever to be recorded by a seismograph. The earthquake triggered a tsunami which devastated several coastal towns in south-central Chile and damaged the port at Talcahuano. Tsunami warnings were issued in 53 countries, and the wave caused minor damage in the San Diego area of California. The earthquake also generated a blackout that affected 93 percent of the Chilean population and which went on for several days in some locations. 370,000 homes were damaged and death was of 525 as announced by authorites in Jan 2011 and 25 were missing.

1 Nepal Earthquake 25 April 2015

A 7.8 magnitude earthquake struck Nepal in Barpak Gorkha district west of Kathmandu,with equivalent power of 20 thermonuclear weapons. The devastation claimed the lives of at least 9,000. The devastating quake also destroyed major monuments such as the Dharahara, temples and world heritage sites near Kathmandu.