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Exports: India, 67.9 percent; U.S., 11.7 percent;
LeadingTrade
Germany, 4.7 percent (2006)
Partners
Imports: India, 61.8 percent, China, 3.8 percent,
Indonesia, 3.3 percent (2006)
Carpets, clothing, leather goods, jute goods, grain
ExportCommodities
Gold, machinery and equipment, petroleum
products, fertilizer
ImportCommodities
Very poorly developed. Roadways: between 10,803
miles (17,380 kilometers) and 6,143 miles (9,886 kiloļ¾
meters) paved. Railways: 36.6 miles (59 kilometers)
paved; Airports: 47; 10 with paved runways
Transportation
Government
Kingdom of Nepal
CountryName
Kathmandu
CapitalCity
Parliamentary democracy
TypeofGovernment
Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala
HeadofGovernment
1768 (by unification)
Independence
5 development regions, 14 zones, 75 districts, and 3,915
Village Development Committees (VDCs)
AdministrativeDivisions
Source: CIA,
TheWorldFactbook
(2007)
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