NEPAL, OFFICIALLY THE FEDERAL DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF NEPAL, IS A SOVEREIGN COUNTRY IN SOUTH ASIA. IT IS MAINLY IN HIMALAYAS, BUT ALSO INCLUDES PARTS OF THE INDO-GANGETIC PLAIN. IT IS THE 49th LARGEST COUNTRY BY POPULATION AND 93rd LARGEST COUNTRY BY AREA. IT IS LANDLOCKED, AND BORDERS CHINA IN THE NORTH AND INDIA IN THE SOUTH, EAST, AND WEST, WHILE BANGLADESH IS LOCATED WITHIN ONLY 27KMS OF ITS SOUTHERN TIP AND BHUTAN IS SEPARATED FROM IT BY THE INDIAN STATE OF SIKKIM. NEPAL HAS A DIVERSE GEOGRAPHY, INCLUDING FERTILE PLAINS, SUBALPINE FORESTED HILLS, AND EIGHT OF WORLS TEN TALLEST MOUNTAINS INCLUDING MOUNT EVEREST, THE HIGHEST POINT ON EARTH.