Kathmandu
Kathmandu is the largest city and capital of Nepal, and the namesake of the Kathmandu Valley. Once thought to be the fabled and inaccessible Shangri-La, Kathmandu is a fast-growing spot catering to a wide range of holiday types and budgets.
Xiquinho, Public domain.Essential Destinations
Top destinations include West Kathmandu and East Kathmandu.
East Kathmandu
East Kathmandu covers the eastern fringes of Kathmandu, including Boudhanath, also known as Boudha.
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Places of Interest
Highlights include Narayanhiti Palace Museum and Dasharath Rangasala.
Narayanhiti Palace Museum
The Narayanhiti Palace Museum is a public museum…
Dasharath Rangasala
Dasharath Rangasala is a multi-purpose stadium in Tripureshwar, Kathmandu.
Swayambhunath
Swayambhunath is an ancient religious complex atop…
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Patan and Kirtipur.
Chobhar
Chobhar is an ancient hill village in Kathmandu Valley a few kilometres southwest of Kathmandu.
Kathmandu
- City with about 846,000 residents
- …lies at an elevation of around 1,320 metres (4,320 feet)
- …has the IATA airport code KTM
- Description: capital of Nepal
- Also known as“Cadmendu”“Catmandir”“Catmeduour”“City of Temples”“Kadmendu”“Kantipur”“Kantipura”“Kasthamandap”“Kathmandu Metropolitan City”“Kathmandu Valley”“Katmandir”“Katmandou”“Katmandu”“Khatmandu”“Yambu”“Yen”“य”
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- Location
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Latitude
27.7083° or 27° 42′ 30″ north
Longitude
85.3206° or 85° 19′ 14″ east
UN/LOCODE
NP KTM
Open location code
7MV7P85C+86
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=city
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In Other Languages
From Achinese to Zulu—“Kathmandu” goes by many names.
KathmanduAchinese
KatmandoeAfrikaans
KathmanduAlbanian
KatmanduAlbanian
ካትማንዱAmharic
كاتماندوArabic
كاثماندوArabic
كتمندوArabic
KatmandúAragonese
ԿատմանդուArmenian
কাঠমাণ্ডুAssamese
KatmandúAsturian
काठमांडूAwadhi
काठमाण्डुAwadhi
KatmanduAzerbaijani
KathmanduBalinese
КатмандуBashkir
KatmanduBasque
КатмандуBelarusian
কাঠমান্ডুBengali
KatmanduBetawi
काठमांडूBhojpuri
काठमाडौं महानगरपालिकाBhojpuri
काठमाण्डूBhojpuri
KatmanduBosnian
KathmanduBreton
КатмандуBulgarian
ခတ္တမန္ဒုမြို့Burmese
KatmandúCatalan
KathmanduCebuano
Kathmandu (ulohang dakbayan sa Nepal)Cebuano
KathmanduCentral Bikol
کاتماندووCentral Kurdish
KatmandúChavacano
КатмандуChechen
加德满都Chinese
加德滿都Chinese
KatmanduCrimean Tatar
KatmanduCroatian
KáthmándúCzech
KatmanduDanish
KathmanduDimli (individual language)
काठमाडौंDotyali
KathmanduDutch
ཀཊི་མཱན་ཌུDzongkha
كاتماندوEgyptian Arabic
KatmanduoEsperanto
KatmanduEstonian
KathmanduFiji Hindi
KathmanduFijian
KathmanduFinnish
KatmanduFinnish
KatmandúGalician
კატმანდუGeorgian
KathmanduGorontalo
ΚατμαντούGreek
KatemanduGuarani
કાઠમંડુGujarati
KatmandouHaitian
KathmanduHakka Chinese
KathmanduHausa
קטמנדוHebrew
काठमांडूHindi
काठमांडू महानगरHindi
काठमाण्डुHindi
KatmanduHungarian
KatmandúIcelandic
KatmanduIdo
KatmanduIloko
KathmanduIndonesian
KathmanduInterlingua
KathmanduInterlingue
KathmanduIrish
KatmanduIrish
KathmanduItalian
KatmanduItalian
カトマンズJapanese
カトマンドゥJapanese
カンティプルJapanese
KathmanduJavanese
KathmanduKalaallisut
ಕಾಠ್ಮಂಡುKannada
KatmanduKara-Kalpak
کاٹھمنڈوٗKashmiri
КатмандуKazakh
КатмандуKirghiz
KathmanduKomering
까뜨만두Korean
카트만두Korean
KathmanduKurdish
ກາດມານດຸLao
CatmandumLatin
KatmanduLatvian
KatmanduLigurian
KathmanduLimburgan
KatmanduLithuanian
KatmanduLivvi
KathmanduLombard
KatmandoeLow German
KatmanduLower Sorbian
KatmanduLuxembourgish
KathmanduMacedo-Romanian
КатмандуMacedonian
काठमाडौँMagahi
काठमाण्डुMagahi
काष्ठमण्डपMagahi
काठमाडौंMaithili
काठमाण्डौMaithili
KathmanduMalagasy
KathmanduMalay
കാഠ്മണ്ഡുMalayalam
KathmanduMaltese
काठमांडूMarathi
کاتماندوMazanderani
KathmanduMin Dong Chinese
KathmanduMin Nan Chinese
KathmanduMinangkabau
კატმანდუMingrelian
KathmanduMirandese
КатмандуMoksha
КатмандуMongolian
كاطماندوMoroccan Arabic
काठमांडूNepali
काठमाडौं उपत्यकाNepali
काठमाण्डौंNepali
कान्तिपुर , काष्ठमण्डपNepali
येँ जिल्लाNewari
KathmanduNorthern Frisian
کاتماندوNorthern Luri
KathmanduNorthern Sami
KatmanduNorwegian
KatmanduNorwegian Bokmål
KatmanduNorwegian Nynorsk
KatmanduNovial
KatmandóOccitan (post 1500)
CæþmandūOld English (ca. 450-1100)
କାଠମାଣ୍ଡୁOriya
КатмандуOssetian
ਕਾਠਮਾਂਡੂPanjabi
KatmanduPapiamento
کاتماندوPersian
KathmanduPiemontese
KathmanduPitcairn-Norfolk
KatmanduPolish
کاتماندوPushto
KathmanduRomanian
КатмандуRussia Buriat
КатмандуRussian
Cye-te-man-tuSakizaya
KatmandūSamogitian
काट्मण्डूSanskrit
काठमाण्डूSanskrit
काष्ठमण्डपनगरम्Sanskrit
ᱠᱟᱴᱷᱢᱟᱱᱰᱩSantali
KatmandùSardinian
KathmanduScots
KathmanduScottish Gaelic
КатмандуSerbian
KatmanduSerbo-Croatian
ၵတ်ႉမၼ်းတူႇShan
KathmanduShona
KatmandùSicilian
KatmanduSilesian
کٽمنڊوSindhi
කත්මණ්ඩුSinhala
කත්මන්ඩුSinhala
KáthmanduSlovak
KatmanduSlovenian
KathmanduSwahili
KatmanduSwedish
KathmanduTagalog
KatmanduTagalog
КатмандуTajik
KatmanduTalysh
காட்மாண்டுTamil
КатмандуTatar
కాఠ్మండుTelugu
ఖాట్మండుTelugu
ఖాట్మండూ, కాఠ్మండుTelugu
กาฐมาณฑุThai
ཀ་ཏ་མན་ཏུ།Tibetan
ཀཋ་མན་གྲུ།Tibetan
KathmanduTok Pisin
KatmanduTurkish
KatmanduTurkmen
КатмандуUdmurt
كاتماندۇUighur
КатмандуUkrainian
KatmanduUpper Sorbian
کٹھمنڈوUrdu
کھٹمنڈوUrdu
KatmanduUzbek
KatmanduVenetian
KatmanduVeps
KathmanduVietnamese
KathmandauVolapük
KathmanduWaray (Philippines)
KathmanduWelsh
ՔաթմանտուWestern Armenian
KatmandûWestern Frisian
کٹھمنڈوWestern Panjabi
کھٹمنڈوWestern Panjabi
加德满都Wu Chinese
קאטמאנדוYiddish
KathmanduYoruba
加德滿都Yue Chinese
i-KathmanduZulu
“Tourists don’t know where they’ve been, travelers don’t know where they’re going.”
