i

Kathmandu

Removed from Unnamed collection

Country: Nepal

Population:790,612

Time Zone:UTC+5:45

Kathmandu is best known as Nepal’s capital and largest city, serving as the country’s governmental, financial, industrial, and cultural centre. In the central Kathmandu Valley, it brings together a city population of 845,767 and a surrounding metropolitan area of about 4 million people. Once called Kantipur and also known as Kasthamandap, it rises 1,324 metres above sea level.