1. Kathmandu, June 2015 – December 2015
Ron Horst
Robyn Mills
Sat April 25 Earthquake Oct-Jan Indian Blockade
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2. CSIDB
Cottage & Small Industries Development Board
A Computer System
to manage the development of
Micro-entrepreneurs
Bags, Jewellery, Textiles, Paper, Incense
Bamboo baskets, Allo rope
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5. Population - 26.4 million
- Kathmandu – 1 million
No death penalty
Same-sex marriage
Third gender
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Life expectancy in 2015 was 69.2 years
145/188 on the Human Development Index
Agriculture 76%, Services 18%, Manufacturing 6%
Official language is Nepali
Hindu 81%, Buddhist 9%, Muslim 4%.
67. 30+ public holidays
Calendar is 12 months of 29-32 days
New Years Day in 2017 (1 Baisakh 2074) was 13
April
Today, 26 May, is 12/2/2074 (Jestha)
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74. Saturday April 25, 2015
A massive 7.8 magnitude
The worst quake in more than 80 years
Tuesday May 12, 2015
7.3 magnitude
8,700 killed
8 million impacted
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103. •UN Development Programme since 1956
•First road into Nepal, from India, opened in
1956
•Civil war from 1996 to 2006
•New Constitution came into effect on 20
September 2015
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