Nepal

clues 12Regions 14Updated 2025-08-14

LanguageNepali
Driving sideDrives on the left
Domain.np
Camera gensBad Cam
Easily confused with:India, Sri Lanka, BhutanQuizzes for this area:Nepal State Quiz, Nepal City Quiz

Whole area6

Clues that work anywhere in this area

Language & Script

Nepali signs use the Devanagari script, and numerals are usually written in Devanagari too.

Watch outThis can be hard to tell apart from Hindi. If even the numerals are in Devanagari, think Nepal.
Examples12

Narrowing down the region5

Once you know the area: which part of it

Terrain and place names

Signs

Signs sometimes show a district name, but often stop at the town name and leave the district off.

  • Kailali
  • Jhapa
Watch outPoor image quality makes these hard to read on top of that.
Examples123
Landscape

The Himalayas run along the northern border, while plains spread along the southern border.

  • Plains
  • Mountains
Examples1234
Where
KarnaliMahakaliSetiDhawalagiriGandakiBagmatiJanakpurSagarmathaBhojpurMechiNarayaniLumbiniRaptiBheri
  • Himalayas (along the northern border)
  • Plains (along the southern border)

Vegetation

KarnaliMahakaliSetiDhawalagiriGandakiBagmatiJanakpurSagarmathaBhojpurMechiNarayaniLumbiniRaptiBheri
KarnaliMahakaliSetiDhawalagiriGandakiBagmatiJanakpurSagarmathaBhojpurMechiNarayaniLumbiniRaptiBheri
KarnaliMahakaliSetiDhawalagiriGandakiBagmatiJanakpurSagarmathaBhojpurMechiNarayaniLumbiniRaptiBheri
KarnaliMahakaliSetiDhawalagiriGandakiBagmatiJanakpurSagarmathaBhojpurMechiNarayaniLumbiniRaptiBheri

Where Vegetation clues apply3

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  1. areca palm
  2. tea
  3. coffee
Plants & farming

Tall palms like the areca (betel) palm are common in the plains of the far east.

NoteThere's no source for this — it's a rule of thumb from playing the map dozens of times.
Examples12
Where
KarnaliMahakaliSetiDhawalagiriGandakiBagmatiJanakpurSagarmathaBhojpurMechiNarayaniLumbiniRaptiBheri
Plants & farming

Coffee growing seems concentrated in the central region.

Watch outPoor image quality makes this quite hard to spot. There's also a theory that it isn't grown in tidy plantation-style rows.
SourcesNepal Coffee OverviewCoffee as a niche crop for mid-hills of Nepal (cultivated area by district, 2013/14)"Wait, this is a farm?" — visiting a coffee farm in Nepal
Where
KarnaliMahakaliSetiDhawalagiriGandakiBagmatiJanakpurSagarmathaBhojpurMechiNarayaniLumbiniRaptiBheri

Narrowing down the city1

Once you know the region: which city or town

Namche Bazaar

Other

Namche Bazaar (नाम्चे बजार), the gateway to Himalayan mountaineering, has Street View coverage. Shops sell climbing gear, and signs give the elevation of your current spot. The people around town are carrying trekking backpacks too.

Examples12SourcesNamche BazaarSee alsoBhutan
Where
KarnaliMahakaliSetiDhawalagiriGandakiBagmatiJanakpurSagarmathaBhojpurMechiNarayaniLumbiniRaptiBheriNamche BazaarNamche Bazaar

Regions

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Karnali Mahakali Seti Dhawalagiri Gandaki Bagmati Janakpur Sagarmatha Bhojpur Mechi Narayani Lumbini Rapti Bheri

Hover a region on the map to see its name

Quiz

Basics

General facts about this place
  • The world's highest peak, Mount Everest (8,848 m), lies on the border with China[ref]
  • Has the world's only non-rectangular national flag (a double pennant)[ref]

Nearby areas

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