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Kathmandu
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Kathmandu

 or Katmandu

City (pop., 2001: 671,846), capital of Nepal. Situated near the confluence of the Baghmati and Vishnumati rivers at an elevation of 4,344 ft (1,324 m), it was founded in 723. Its name refers to a temple (kath, “wood”; mandir, “temple”) said to have been built from the wood of a single tree in 1596. The seat of the ruling Shah family of the Gurkha people since 1768, it is Nepal's most important business and commercial centre and the site of Tribhuvan University.

Katmandu, Kathmandu
the capital of Nepal, in the east at the confluence of the Baghmati and Vishnumati Rivers. Pop.: 814 000 (2005 est.)


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It did so for the very simple reason that the Mass was celebrated in Kathmandu, the capital of Nepal in the Himalayas, and that for the past couple of months we had been traveling through several poor Asian countries.
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