Kathmandu Valley
The Kathmandu Valley is a region of 220 sq mi in central Nepal. It's home to three of the largest cities in Nepal, including Kathmandu itself, as well as hundreds of smaller towns and villages.Photo: Krish Dulal, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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Essential Destinations
Top destinations include Kathmandu and Bhaktapur.
Kathmandu
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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.
Bhaktapur
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Bhaktapur is a city in Nepal known variously as City of Culture, Living Heritage, Nepal's Cultural Gem, An open museum and a City of Devotees. Bhaktapur is an ancient city and is renowned for its elegant art, fabulous culture, colourful festivals, traditional dances and the indigenous lifestyle of the Newari community.
Patan
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Patan, Lalitpur Metropolitan City, is one of the largest cities in Nepal and is located just across the Bagmati river from Kathmandu. Confusingly, it is also known as Lalitpur, both names deriving from the Sanskrit "Lalitapattan".
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Kirtipur
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Kirtipur is a town in the Kathmandu Valley of Nepal, 5 km southwest of Kathmandu on a rocky hill between 1,300-1,500 m in elevation. It is one of the oldest settlements in the valley, and was an ancient capital of Nepal.
Nagarkot
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Nagarkot is a village in the Kathmandu Valley of Nepal. It is 32 km north-east of Kathmandu on the northern fringe of the Kathmandu Valley. Nagarkot is famous for its Himalayan views, the Himalayan peaks at sunrise being particularly magnificent.
Budhanilkantha
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Budhanilkantha is a city and municipality in Kathmandu district of Bagmati province of Nepal. It is the 3rd largest city in the Kathmandu Valley after Kathmandu and Lalitpur.
Chobhar
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Chobhar is an ancient hill village in Kathmandu Valley a few kilometres southwest of Kathmandu. It has its origins in the 12th century. It is noted for an extensive series of caves and a gorge on the Bagmati River found nearby.
Bungmati
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Bungmati is a small town in the Kathmandu Valley of Nepal, located 10 km south of the centre of Kathmandu. The village is known for the number of master woodcarvers and sculpture producers.
Pharping
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Pharping is a small Newar town lying above the Bagmati river on the southern edge of the Kathmandu valley, about 23 km from the capital. It is now part of the Dakshinkali Municipality.
Kathmandu Valley
- Type: Valley
- Description: valley in Bagmati Province, Nepal
- Also known as: “Central Nepal Valley”, “Central Valley”, “Katmandu Valley”, “Nepa valley”, and “Nepal Valley”
- Location: Mahalaxmi, Lalitpur, Bagmati Province, Nepal, South Asia, Asia
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“Kathmandu Valley” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “وادي كتمندو”
- Armenian: “Կատմանդու դաշտավայր”
- Armenian: “Կատմանդուի հովիտ”
- Balinese: “Lebah Kathmandu”
- Basque: “Katmanduko ibarra”
- Bengali: “কাঠমান্ডু উপত্যকা”
- Bhojpuri: “काठमांडू उपत्यका”
- Bhojpuri: “काठमांडू घाटी”
- Bhojpuri: “काठमांडो उपत्यका”
- Bhojpuri: “काठमांडो घाटी”
- Burmese: “ခတ္တမန္ဒုတောင်ကြား”
- Catalan: “Vall de Katmandú”
- Cebuano: “Kathmandu Valley”
- Chinese: “加德满都谷地”
- Croatian: “Dolina Katmandu”
- Czech: “Údolí Káthmándú”
- Danish: “Kathmandudalen”
- Dutch: “Kathmandu-vallei”
- Esperanto: “Katmandua Valo”
- Esperanto: “Nepala Valo”
- Estonian: “Katmandu org”
- Finnish: “Kathmandun laakso”
- Finnish: “Katmandun laakso”
- French: “vallée de Katmandou”
- French: “Vallée de Katmandou”
- Galician: “Val de Katmandú”
- Georgian: “კატმანდუს ხეობა”
- German: “Kathmandutal”
- Greek: “Κοιλάδα του Κατμαντού”
- Hebrew: “עמק קטמנדו”
- Hindi: “काठमांडू उपत्यका”
- Hindi: “काठमांडू घाटी”
- Hungarian: “Katmandu-völgy”
- Indonesian: “Lembah Kathmandu”
- Italian: “Valle di Katmandu”
- Japanese: “カトマンズの渓谷”
- Javanese: “Kathmandu valley”
- Javanese: “Lebak Kathmandu”
- Korean: “카트만두 계곡”
- Lithuanian: “Katmandu slėnis”
- Maithili: “काठमाडौं उपत्यका”
- Malayalam: “കാഠ്മണ്ഡു താഴ്വര”
- Maltese: “Wied ta‘ Kathmandu”
- Maltese: “Wied ta’ Kathmandu”
- Maltese: “Wied tan-Nepa”
- Maltese: “Wied tan-Nepal”
- Mingrelian: “კატმანდუშ ლეხერი”
- Nepali: “काठमाडौँ उपत्यका”
- Nepali: “काठमाडौं उपत्यका”
- Nepali: “नेपाल उपत्यका”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Katmandudalen”
- Norwegian: “Katmandudalen”
- Panjabi: “ਕਾਠਮੰਡੂ ਵੈਲੀ”
- Persian: “دره کاتماندو”
- Polish: “Kotlina Katmandu”
- Portuguese: “Vale de Catmandu”
- Portuguese: “Vale de Kathmandu”
- Portuguese: “Vale do Kathmandu”
- Romanian: “Valea Kathmandu”
- Russian: “Долина Катманду”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Dolina Katmandu”
- Slovenian: “Katmandujska dolina”
- Spanish: “Valle de Katmandu”
- Spanish: “Valle de Katmandú”
- Swedish: “Katmandudalen”
- Tamil: “காத்மாண்டு சமவெளி”
- Tatar: “Катманду үзәне”
- Telugu: “ఖాట్మండు లోయ”
- Thai: “หุบเขากาฐมาณฑุ”
- Tibetan: “ཡམ་བུ།”
- Turkish: “Katmandu Vadisi”
- Ukrainian: “Долина Катманду”
- Urdu: “وادئ کاٹھمنڈو”
- Vietnamese: “Thung lũng Kathmandu”
- Western Panjabi: “وادئ کاٹھمنڈو”
- “काठमांडो घाटी”
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