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 There are two ACTS Institutes in Nepal:
- Mid-Western Nepal in Koholpur, 16 km from the airport at Nepalganj
- Eastern Nepal at Kakarvitta.
The locations are indicated on the map below:
OFFICIAL NAME |
Kingdom of Nepal |
GEOGRAPHY |
A mountain-ringed Himalayan state between Tibet and India that contains 8 of the 10 highest mountain peaks in the world |
AREA |
140,800 sq km / 54,363 sq miles |
COMPARATIVE |
roughly the size of the state of Wisconsin |
POPULATION |
26,469,600 |
CAPITAL |
Kathmandu - 1.5 million |
LITERACY |
54% (age 15+ and can read and write)
According to the National Population Census 2001, the country's total literacy rate stood at over 53.74 percent. The data shows that the 39.75 percent of population - 28.36 percent male and 51.06 percent female - cannot read and write. Interestingly, 5.99 percent of males and 5.78 percent of female can read only. In contrast, 65.08 percent of males and 42.49 percent of females can read and write. |
LANGUAGE |
Official: Nepali
Other: English |
RELIGION |
Hindu - 90%
Buddhist - 5%
Muslim - 3%
Others - 2% |
POLITICS |
Unstable monarchy; most of the royal family was assassinated in 2001. 2006 – change to democratic republic. |
INCOME |
Per capita income = US$ 260 per year |
CURRENCY |
Nepali Rupee (Rs) |
TIME ZONE |
GMT/UTC +5.75 |
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