Nepal: Flag and Facts
Nepal's flag is shaped like two stacked pennants: crimson triangles with a blue border, a white moon in the top triangle and a white 12-pointed sun in the bottom one.
- Official name
- Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal
- Capital
- Kathmandu
- Region
- Southern Asia
- Population
- 31 million (2025)
- Languages
- Nepali
- Currency
- Nepalese rupee
- Area
- 147,181 km² (56,827 sq mi)
- People
- Nepalese
- Calling code
- +977
- Highest point
- Mount Everest (highest peak in Asia and highest point on…) 8,849 m
- Independence
- 1768 (unified by Prithvi Narayan SHAH)
- National symbols
- rhododendron blossom
About Nepal
Crimson nods to the rhododendron, the national flower, and to bravery, while the blue trim means peace. The two peaks first stood for the Himalaya but now point to Hinduism and Buddhism. The moon hints at calm people and cool mountain air, and the sun at the hot lowlands farther south.
Gorkha, a small principality, pulled the region's states together into one kingdom in the late 18th century. Nepal kept its freedom after the Anglo-Nepalese War of 1814-16. A Maoist uprising began in 1996 and turned into a 10-year civil war, and in 2001 the crown prince killed much of the royal family before shooting himself. The monarchy was abolished in 2008, when an elected assembly declared a federal republic. The country runs from flat Ganges river plains in the south to the Himalayas in the north, and it is landlocked between China and India.
Did you know?
- Mount Everest, at 8,849 meters, sits in Nepal, and no spot on the planet stands taller above sea level.
- Nepal's anthem, "Sayaun Thunga Phool Ka," means Hundreds of Flowers.
- Even Kanchan Kalan, Nepal's lowest spot, sits 70 meters above sea level.
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Questions about Nepal
What is the capital of Nepal?
Kathmandu, a city of about 1.6 million people.
When is Nepal's national holiday?
Constitution Day falls on 20 September and marks the constitution adopted in 2015.
Sources
- CIA World Factbook, checked October 8, 2026
- REST Countries data (mledoze/countries), checked October 8, 2026
- Flag artwork: flag-icons (MIT), checked October 8, 2026
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