Kathmandu
capital of Nepal
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Summary
Kathmandu is a city[1]. Kathmandu ranks in the top 0.99% of city entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (15,467 views/month, #55 of 5,534).[2]
Key Facts
- Member of: League of Historical Cities[3], World Tourism Cities Federation[4], Organization of World Heritage Cities[5]
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Kathmandu District[6]
- Country: Nepal[7]
- Located in or next to body of water: Bisnumati River[8], Bagmati River[9]
- Head of government: Balendra Shah[10]
- Instance of: municipality[11], big city[12], largest city[13], federal capital[14]
- Official language: Nepali[15]
- Twinned administrative body: Isfahan[16], Pyongyang[17], Xi'an[18], Chengdu[19], Eugene[20], Matsumoto[21]
- Postal code: 44600[22]
- Commons category: Kathmandu[23]
- Located in time zone: UTC+05:45[24], Nepal Standard Time[25]
- Local dialing code: 01[26]
- Inception: 723[27]
- Official website: https://kathmandu.gov.np/[28]
- Topic's main category: Category:Kathmandu[29]
- Commons gallery: Kathmandu[30]
- Population: 845,767[31]
- Office held by head of government: mayor[32]
- Described by source: The Nuttall Encyclopædia[33], Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 5[34]
- Capital of: Nepal[35], Kingdom of Nepal[36]
- Present in work: Civilization V[37]
- Official name: काठमाडौं[38]
- Category for people born here: Category:Births in Kathmandu[39]
- Category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in Kathmandu[40]
- Demonym: katmandais[41], katmandaise[42], Katmanduano[43]
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Cultural Significance
Things named for Kathmandu include Tribhuvan International Airport[44], an international airport[45], in Nepal[46] and Kathmandu Valley[47], a valley[48], in Nepal[49].
Why It Matters
Kathmandu has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[50] Kathmandu is known by 45 alternative names across languages and contexts.[51]
Entities named for Kathmandu include Tribhuvan International Airport[44], an international airport[45], in Nepal[46] and Kathmandu Valley[47], a valley[48], in Nepal[49].