Nepal

=Nepal= Capital: Kathmandu
 * __Task 1: Country Factfile__**

Total Area: 147,181 sq km

Population: 29,391,883

Languages: Nepali (official) 47.8% Maithali 12.1% Bhojpuri 7.4% Tharu (Dagauran/Rana)5.8%



=TASK 2: LOCATION AND CLIMATE= Google Earth Image of Nepal



Task 3: Economic Production
$35.81 billion (2010 est.) 102 $1,200 (2010 est.) 206 46% (2008 est) 24.7% (2008) pulses, rice, corn, wheat, sugarcane, jute, root crops; milk,water buffalo meat tourism, carpets, textiles: small rice, jute, sugar, oilseed mills; cigarettes, cement and brick production. India 61.7%, US 7.5%, Germany 4.6%, Bangladesh 4.1% (2010) India 56.2%, China 22.5% (2010)
 * **What is the GDP (Purchasing Power Parity)?**
 * **How does this compare with the rest of the world?**
 * **What is the GDP per capita?**
 * **How does this compare with the rest of the world?**
 * **What is the unemployment rate?**
 * **What is the percentage of people below the poverty line?**
 * **What are this country's main agricultural products?**
 * **What are this country's main industries?**
 * **Export partners?**
 * **Imports partners?**

TASK 4 - POPULATION SIZE, SHAPE AND LIFE EXPECTANCY

Total Population:28,952,000 Average Life Expectancy: 66 Total Fertility Rate: 2.5 Infant Mortality Rate: 44.54 Deaths per 1000 live Births



__**Task 6: Environmental Issues**__

What is the EPI score given to your country? The EPI for Nepal is 68.2 How does this compare with other countries? It is ranked 38th out of 163 countries. Which environmental issues are the biggest concern for your country? Current Issues: The first is indoor air polution 14.6632, the second is access to sanitation 18.0696, and the last is enviromental burden on disease 36.49 Summary: Basically this article talks about the prevention of poor sanitation, and what organisations are helping thhere are two the $345,200 SWASTHA program, and the Environment and Public Health Organization (ENPHO) who are contributing $33,200 of its own money. They say the situation started (especially in the mid-western region) was exposed in 2009 when cholera killed more than 300 people, that is why they have started this project. Title of Article: USAID N epal projects to improve water & sanitation in schools Publication: nepalnews.com Author: unknown Date Published: February 7, 2011 url: http://sanitationupdates.wordpress.com/2011/02/07/usaid-nepal-projects-to-improve-water-sanitation-in-schools/ 380 Deaths per 100,000 babies (2008). It is ranked 38 in the world. Not really good. Overall Score: 0.6084 Economic Participation:0.5174 Educational Attainment: 0.7806 Health and Survival: 0.9612 Political Empowerment: 0.1743 Political Empowerment means how many women are in Political positions. Education is the quality of the teachers used to teach the kids. Economic Participation means how many women have jobs. Educational Attainment: how many years the average person went to school. Health and Survival is the overall health of the country which would include Life Expectancy and Diseases. Empowerment is how many women are in positions of power. Maternal Mortality Rate: 380 Deaths/100,000 Births Ranked 38 in the world.
 * __Task 8: Gender Equality__**