Dank ihrer zahlreichen Rooftop-Restaurants bietet sie Dir auch jederzeit die Möglichkeit nochmal zur Ruhe zu kommen, bevor Du wieder eintauchst in diese neue, fremde und faszinierende Welt der Gassen Kathmandus.

Der Durbar Square ist das kulturelle Aushängeschild der Stadt. Auf ihm steht der königliche Palast sowie unzählige Pagoden und Tempel.

Hier findest Du unzählige Geschäfte, Shops und Hotels. Auch die Umgebung der nepalesischen Hauptstadt, das Kathmandutal hat so einige Sehenswürdigkeiten zu bieten.

Zu den schönsten gehören:. Du möchtest mehr über Kathmandu erfahren? Nepals Regierung reagiert auf den Dreck und hat im April Plastiktüten verboten , wenn auch nicht wirklich konsequent… Denn alle Plastiktüten, die dünner als 40 Mikrometer sind, bleiben erlaubt.

Aber immerhin ein Anfang! Nepal ist kulturell extrem spannend und es gibt eine Vielzahl an Tempeln, Stupas, Pagoden und Klöstern.

Nahezu jede Stadt des Landes hat eine einzigartige Stupa oder einen ganz besonders schönen Tempel. Und auch in den abgelegenen Bergdörfern des Himalaya ist der religiöse Reichtum des Landes allgegenwärtig.

Eine Reise nach Nepal ohne wenigstens einige der schönen Kulturdenkmäler zu besichtigen wäre sehr schade. Einer der Hauptgründe dafür, dass die beeindruckende Architektur jährlich Touristen zum Bestaunen und Verweilen einlädt.

Die Tempelanlage Swayambunath wird auch Affentempel genannt, da hier unheimlich viele Affen leben. Sie ist eines der Wahrzeichen in Kathmandu und eine der ältesten Tempelanlagen weltweit.

Martyr's Memorial League is also held in this ground every year. The stadium was renovated with Chinese aid before the 8th South Asian Games were held in Kathmandu and floodlights were installed.

Kathmandu is also home of some of the oldest cricket clubs in Nepal, such as Yengal Sports Club. KMC's constant endeavour is to enhance its interaction with SAARC countries, other international agencies and many other major cities of the world to achieve better urban management and developmental programs for Kathmandu.

Kathmandu is twinned with: []. Kathmandu valley as seen from the Shivapuri hills. Basantapur Durbar Square. Goddess Kumari in a chariot procession.

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Retrieved 8 July A Concise Geography of Nepal. Kathmandu: Mandal Publications. Nepal Police is the primary law enforcement agency.

It is an independent organization under the command of the Inspector General , who is appointed by and reports to the Ministry of Home Affairs.

In addition to maintaining law and order, it is responsible for management of road traffic, which is undertaken by Nepal Traffic Police.

Nepal Armed Police Force , a separate paramilitary police organization, works in cooperation with Nepal police in routine security matters; it is intended for crowd control, counter-insurgency and anti-terrorism actions, and other internal matters where use of force may be necessary.

The Crime Investigation Department of Nepal Police specializes in criminal investigation and forensic analysis. Nepal depends on diplomacy for national defence.

It maintains a policy of neutrality between its neighbours, has amicable relations with other countries in the region, and has a policy of non-alignment at the global stage.

It has bilateral diplomatic relations with countries and the EU, [] has embassies in 30 countries [] and six consulates, [] while 25 countries maintain embassies in Nepal, and more than 80 others maintain non-residential diplomatic missions.

Nepal pursues a policy of "balanced relations" with the two giant immediate neighbours, India and China; [] [] the Treaty of Peace and Friendship with India provides for a much closer relationship.

India is Nepal's largest trading partner, which it depends upon for all of its oil and gas, and a number of essential goods. Nepalis can own property in India, while Indians are free to live and work in Nepal.

Nepal maintains neutrality in conflicts between China and India. It remains firmly committed to the One China Policy , and is known to curb anti-China activities from the Tibetan refugees in Nepal.

The President is the supreme commander of the Nepalese Army ; its routine management is handled by the Ministry of Defence. The Major imports include various finished and semi-finished goods, raw materials, machinery and equipment, chemical fertilizers, electrical and electronic devices, petroleum products, gold, and readymade garments.

Under the current trend, Nepal is expected to eradicate poverty within 20 years. The Nepali rupee has been tied to the Indian rupee at an exchange rate of 1.

European Union EU Besides having landlocked, rugged geography, few tangible natural resources and poor infrastructure, the ineffective post government and the long-running civil war are also factors in stunting the country's economic growth and development.

Tourism is one of the largest and fastest-growing industries in Nepal, employing more than a million people and contributing 7. Most of Nepal's mountaineering earning comes from Mount Everest, which is more accessible from the Nepalese side.

Nepal, officially opened to westerners in , became a popular destination at the end of the hippie trail , during the s and s. The industry, disrupted by the civil war in the s, has since recovered but faces challenges to growth, owing to a lack of proper facilities for high-end tourism termed the "infrastructure bottleneck", the flag carrier in shambles, and a handful of destinations properly developed and marketed.

The home-stay tourism, in which cultural and eco-tourists stay as paying guests in the homes of indigenous people, has seen some success. The rate of unemployment and underemployment exceeds half of the working-age population, [] driving millions to seek employment abroad, mainly in India, the Gulf, and East Asia.

Mostly unskilled, uneducated, and indebted to loan sharks, these workers are swindled by the manpower companies and sent to exploitative employers or war-ridden countries under fraudulent contracts.

Most do not get paid minimum wage, [] and many are forced to forfeit all or part of the wages. Estimates put Nepal's economically feasible hydro-power potential at approximately 42, MW.

As most of it is generated from run-of-river ROR plants, the actual power produced is much lower in the dry winter months when peak demand can reach as high as 1, MW, and Nepal needs to import as much as MW from India to meet the demands.

Nepal remains isolated from the world's major land, air and sea transport routes, although, within the country, aviation is in a better state, with 47 airports, 11 of them with paved runways; [] flights are frequent and support a sizeable traffic.

The hilly and mountainous terrain in the northern two-thirds of the country has made the building of roads and other infrastructure difficult and expensive.

The only practical seaport of entry for goods bound for Kathmandu is Kolkata in India. The national carrier, Nepal Airlines , is in poor shape due to mismanagement and corruption, and has been blacklisted by the EU.

As of [update] , the state operates three television stations as well as national and regional radio stations. There are private TV channels and FM radio stations licensed for operation, at least of them, community radio stations.

The citizens of Nepal are known as Nepali or Nepalese. Among the earliest inhabitants were the Kirat of the eastern region, Newars of the Kathmandu Valley , aboriginal Tharus of the Terai plains and the Khas Pahari people of the far-western hills.

Despite the migration of a significant section of the population to the Terai in recent years, the majority of Nepalese still live in the central highlands, and the northern mountains are sparsely populated.

Nepal is a multicultural and multiethnic country, home to distinct ethnic groups, speaking different mother tongues and following a number of indigenous and folk religions in addition to Hinduism, Buddhism, Islam and Christianity.

From to , the average family size declined from 5. The census also noted some 1. This correlated with the drop in sex ratio to Nepal is one of the ten least urbanized, and the ten fastest urbanizing countries in the world.

As of [update] , an estimated Urbanization rate is high in the Terai, doon valleys of the inner Terai and valleys of the middle hills, but low in the high Himalayas.

Similarly, the rate is higher in central and eastern Nepal compared to further west. Congestion, pollution and drinking water shortage are some of the major problems facing the rapidly growing cities, most prominently the Kathmandu Valley.

Nepal's diverse linguistic heritage stems from three major language groups: Indo-Aryan , Tibeto-Burman , and various indigenous language isolates.

The major languages of Nepal percent spoken as native language according to the census are Nepali Nepal is home to at least four indigenous sign languages.

Descendent of Sanskrit , Nepali is written in Devanagari script. It is the official language and serves as lingua franca among Nepali of different ethnolinguistic groups.

Varieties of Tibetan are spoken in and north of the higher Himalaya where standard literary Tibetan is widely understood by those with religious education.

Local dialects in the Terai and hills are mostly unwritten with efforts underway to develop systems for writing many in Devanagari or the Roman alphabet.

Nepal also passed more stringent Anti conversion law on Nepal has the second-largest number of Hindus in the world after India. Free basic education is guaranteed in the constitution but the programme lacks funding for effective implementation.

Health care services in Nepal are provided by both the public and private sectors. Life expectancy at birth is estimated at 71 years as of , rd highest in the world, [] up from 54 years in the s.

Nepal has made great progress in maternal and child health. Public health centres provide 72 essential medicines free of cost.

In addition, the public health insurance plan initiated in which covers health treatments of up to Rs 50, for five members of a family, for a premium of Rs per year, has seen limited success, and is expected to expand.

Nepal has a long tradition of accepting immigrants and refugees. Tibetan refugees began arriving in , [] and many more cross into Nepal every year.

Most of them have been resettled in third countries. The government lacks data on Indian immigrants as they do not require permits to live and work in Nepal; [] Government of India puts the number of non-resident Indians in the country at , Traditional Nepali society is sometimes defined by social hierarchy.

The Nepali caste system embodies much of the social stratification and many of the social restrictions found in South Asia.

Nepal declared untouchability to be illegal in [] and has since enacted other anti-discriminatory laws and social welfare initiatives.

At the workplace and educational institutions in urban Nepal, caste-related identification has pretty much lost its importance.

Family values are important in the Nepali tradition, and multi-generational patriarchal joint families have been the norm in Nepal, though nuclear families are becoming common in urban areas.

An overwhelming majority of Nepalis, with or without their consent, have their marriages arranged by their parents or other family elders.

Marriage is thought to be for life, and the divorce rate is extremely low, with less than one in a thousand marriages ending in divorce. Many Nepali festivals are religious in origin.

The emblem of Nepal depicts the snowy Himalayas, the forested hills, and the fertile Terai, supported by a wreath of rhododendrons, with the national flag at the crest and in the foreground, a plain white map of Nepal below it, and a man's and woman's right hands joined to signify gender equality.

At the bottom is the national motto, a Sanskrit quote of patriotism attributed in Nepali folklore to Lord Rama, written in Devanagari script—" Mother and motherland are greater than heaven ".

Nepal's flag is the only national flag in the world that is not rectangular in shape. The flag's blue border signifies Nepali people's desire for peace.

The moon on the flag is a symbol of the peaceful and calm nature of Nepalis, while the sun represents the aggressiveness of Nepali warriors.

The president is the symbol of national unity. The martyrs are the symbols of patriotism. A special designation of "National hero" has been conferred to 16 people from Nepal's history for their exceptional contributions to the prestige of Nepal.

Prithvi Narayan Shah, the founder of modern Nepal, is held in high regard and considered "Father of the Nation" by many. The oldest known examples of architecture in Nepal are stupas of early Buddhist constructions in and around Kapilvastu in south-western Nepal, and those constructed by Ashoka in the Kathmandu Valley c.

The characteristic architecture associated exclusively with Nepal was developed and refined by Newa artisans of the Kathmandu Valley starting no later than the Lichchhavi period.

A Tang dynasty Chinese travel book, probably based on records from c. It describes a magnificent seven-storied pagoda in the middle of a palace, with copper-tiled roofs, its balustrade, grills, columns and beams set about with fine and precious stones, and four golden sculptures of Makaras in the four corners of the base spouting water from their mouths like a fountain, supplied by copper pipes connected to the runnels at the top of the tower.

Later Chinese chronicles describe Nepal's king's palace as an immense structure with many roofs, suggesting that Chinese were not yet familiar with the pagoda architecture, which has now become one of the chief characteristic of Chinese architecture.

A typical pagoda temple is built with wood, every piece of it finely carved with geometrical patterns or images of gods, goddesses, mythical beings and beasts.

The roofs usually tiled with clay, and sometimes gold plated, diminish in proportion successively until the topmost roof is reached which is itself ensigned by a golden finial.

The base is usually composed of rectangular terraces of finely carved stone; the entrance is usually guarded by stone sculptures of conventional figures.

Bronze and copper craftsmanship observable in the sculpture of deities and beasts, decorations of doors and windows and the finials of buildings, as well as items of every day use is found to be of equal splendour.

The most well-developed of Nepali painting traditions is the thanka or paubha painting tradition of Tibetan Buddhism , practised in Nepal by the Buddhist monks and Newar artisans.

Changu Narayan Temple , built c. The "ankhijhyal" window , that allow a one-way view of the outside world, is an example of unique Nepali woodcraft, found in building structures, domestic and public alike, ancient and modern.

Many cultures paint the walls of their homes with regular patterns, figures of gods and beasts and religious symbols; others paint their walls plain, often with clay or chernozem contrasted with yellow soil or limestone.

The roofs of religious as well as domestic structures project considerably, presumably to provide protection from the sun and the rain.

The timber of domestic structures are finely carved as with their religious counterparts. Nepal's literature was closely intertwined with that of the rest of South Asia until its unification into a modern kingdom.

Literary works, which were written in Sanskrit by Brahmin priests educated and sometimes also based in Varanasi, included religious texts and other fantasies involving kings, gods and demons.

However, Newar literature dates back almost years. Auch nachdem es daraufhin zu Wahlen kam ohne Beteiligung von Parteien , behielt der König die absolute Macht.

In den er Jahren kam es vor allem in Kathmandu zu zahlreichen Demonstrationen und Unruhen, die von der Polizei brutal bekämpft wurden.

April auf dem Tundikhel bis Menschen ums Leben kamen. Im Juni spielte sich im königlichen Palast eine Tragödie ab. Dieser setzte unter der Begründung der ständig wechselnden und inkompetenten Regierungen und des eskalierenden Bürgerkrieges Maoistenaufstand am 1.

Februar die Regierung ab, erklärte den Notstand und hob alle demokratischen Freiheiten auf. Die Gemeinderatswahlen im Februar wurden von allen Parteien boykottiert.

Generalstreiks und zahlreiche Demonstrationen zwangen Gyanendra, das Parlament wieder einzusetzen. Die Maoisten beteiligten sich an der Interimsregierung, und das Parlament entzog dem König jede Machtbefugnis.

Die für Herbst angesetzten Wahlen wurden verschoben, da über die Zukunft der Monarchie heftig gestritten wurde. Die Wirtschaft der Stadt hat in dieser unsicheren Zeit schwer gelitten.

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Kathmandu im Norden und seine Schwesterstadt Patan im Süden gehen heute ineinander über, getrennt nur durch einen Fluss. Bhaktapur, die dritte Königsstadt, liegt etwa zehn Kilometer weiter östlich.

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