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Nepal Visitor Guide |
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Nepal Visitor Guide |
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Time
Nepal
Time is 5 hour 45 minutes ahead of GMT and 15 minutes ahead of Indian Standard
Time.
Nepal
Time UTC+0545
Official
Holiday
Government
and most other offices work five days a week. Saturday and Sunday one weekend
in Nepal.
Office
Hours
Monday
to Friday : 9: 00 a.m. - 17: 00 p.m. in summer
9:
00 a.m. - 16: 00 p.m. in winter (Mid-Nov. to mid -Feb.)
Application
Hours
Monday
to Friday : 9: 00 a.m. - 15: 00 p.m. in summer
9:
00 a.m. - 14: 00 p.m. in winter (Mid-Nov. to mid -Feb.)
Note: Government offices are closed are on Saturdays, Sundays and other Official
Holidays.
Electricity
220
volts / 50 cycles
Currency
Foreign
Currency Exchange Rates April 2013
1
US Dollar = 80 Nepalese Rupee
1
Nepalese Rupee (NPR) = 0.012 US Dollar
1
Swiss Franc = 88 Nepalese Rupee
1
Nepalese Rupee (NPR) = 0.011 Swiss Franc (CHF)
 Currency Information
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Entry
fees
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 Kathmandu
Narayanhiti
Palace
Narayanhiti
Palace Museum is now open for public. The entry fee is NRs 100 for
Nepalis and NRs 20 for students, NRs 250 for SAARC nationals and Chinese.
Other foreign visitors have to pay NRs 500 at the museum's entrance (valid
2009).
Visitors
can take a look at nineteen different blocks and belongings of the
former royal, e.g. furniture, precious artefacts, wardrobes, the
crown.
Bhaktapur
Bhaktapur
Municipality has decided to increase the entry fee into the city from USD
5 to USD 10 beginning 1st January 2001 for all foreign visitors. Following
the path taken by Bhaktapur, Lalitpur sub-metropolis is also considering
to increase the entry fee.
Bhaktapur
sets new entry fee
Bhaktapur
Municipality (BM) declared that it would levy the same amount of
entry fee from both Indian and Chinese tourists, visiting the cultural
city. The Bhaktapur Municipality collects Rs 50 from tourists of the SAARC
countries,which includes the Indianstoo, and US $ 10 from other tourists. |
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1.
HANUMAN DHOKA DURBAR SQUARE: NRs
200
(PER PERSON ONLY) MUSEUM: NRs 250
2.
SWAYAMBHUNATH: NRs 100
3.
PATAN DURBAR SQUARE: NRs 250
4.
PASHUPATHINATH TEMPLE: NRs 250
5.
BAUDDHANATH: NRs 100
6.
GODAWARI ROYAL BOTANICAL GARDEN:
NRs
100
7.
BHAKTAPUR DURBAR SQUARE: US$10
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Population
Nepal's
population reached 27.8 million (2007). Nepal's population was 18.4
million in 1991. The country's population is growing at an estimated 2.25
% annually (2004).
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