Kathmandu
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| Elevation | 1400 |
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| Area | 51 |
| Weather | 12°C, Wind S at 3 km/h, 74% Humidity |
| Local time | Wednesday 11:48 |
| Upgraded to Metro city | 1990 |
| Population | 1. 003 million (2011) |
| Established as municipality | 1931 |
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| ID | 2317233 |
About Kathmandu
Kathmandu, Nepal's capital, is set in a valley surrounded by the Himalayan mountains. At the heart of the old city's mazelike alleys is Durbar Square, which becomes frenetic during Indra Jatra, a religious festival featuring masked dances. Many of the city's historic sites were damaged or destroyed by a 2015 earthquake. Durbar Square's palace, Hanuman Dhoka, and Kasthamandap, a wooden Hindu temple, are being rebuilt.
India-China feud keeps international planes out of Nepal airport
... The terminal, also known as Bhairahawa Airport, lets tourists fly directly to Lumbini instead of travelling 250km (155 miles) by land from the capital, Kathmandu...
Serial killer The Serpent, Charles Sobhraj, freed from Nepal jail
... The notorious killer had been concurrently serving two sentences, each 20 years, in Nepal s capital Kathmandu for the 1975 murder of an American woman, Connie Jo Bronzich, and her Canadian backpacker friend, Laurent Carriere...
