Nepal kasa ce mai tudu wacce ba ta da iyaka wanda ke kudu da tsakiyar tsakiyar Himalayas, ya yi iyaka da China daga arewa da Indiya ta yamma, kudu da gabas. Duwatsu sun mamaye Nepal, kuma Dutsen Everest (wanda ake kira Sagarmatha a Nepal) yana kan iyakar tsakanin China da Nepal. An rarraba kasar zuwa yankuna uku na yanayi: arewacin tsaunuka masu tsayi, yankin tsakiyar yanayi da yankin kudu mai karko. Mafi ƙarancin zafin jiki a cikin lokacin sanyi a arewa shine -41 ℃, kuma mafi yawan zafin jiki a lokacin bazara a kudu shine 45 ℃. Yankin ƙasa yana da tsawo a arewa kuma ƙasa a kudu, kuma bambancin tsayin daka ba safai yake ba a duniya. Yawancin yankuna ne masu tuddai, kuma ƙasa sama da kilomita 1 sama da matakin teku ya kai rabin rabin yankin ƙasar. Nepal da ke kewaye da gabas, yamma da arewa, an san Nepal da "kasar dutse" tun zamanin da. Kogunan suna da yawa kuma suna da hargitsi.Mafi yawansu sun samo asali ne daga Tibet, China, kuma suka bi ta cikin Ganges na Indiya zuwa kudu. Saboda sarkakiyar filin, yanayin ya banbanta a duk fadin kasar. An rarraba kasar zuwa yankuna uku na yanayi: arewacin tsaunuka masu tsayi, yankin tsakiyar yanayi da yankin kudu mai karko. Mafi ƙarancin zafin jiki a cikin lokacin sanyi a arewa shine -41 ℃, kuma mafi yawan zafin jiki a lokacin bazara a kudu shine 45 ℃. A lokaci guda a cikin ƙasar, lokacin da filayen kudanci suke da tsananin zafi, babban birnin Kathmandu da Pakra Valley suna cike da furanni da bazara, yayin da yankin arewacin tsaunuka ke damuna da dusar ƙanƙara.

An kafa daular a ƙarni na 6 BC. A cikin 1769, Sarki Plitvi Narayan Shah na Gurkha ya cinye masarautu ukun masarautar Mala kuma ya haɗu da Nepal. An kafa daular Shah kuma tana nan har wa yau. Lokacin da Birtaniyya ta mamaye cikin 1814, an tilasta wa Nepal ta ba da Burtaniya Indiya ta manyan yankuna, kuma diflomasiyyarta tana ƙarƙashin kulawar Birtaniyya. Daga shekara ta 1846 zuwa 1950, dangin Rana sun dogara ga goyon bayan Birtaniyya don kwace ikon soja da na siyasa kuma suka sami matsayin firayim minista da ya gaji gado, wanda ya mai da sarki yar tsana. A cikin 1923, Birtaniyya ta amince da samun yancin Nepal. A watan Nuwamba na 1950, Jam’iyyar Nepal Congress Party da sauransu suka ƙaddamar da gwagwarmayar adawa da Rana, suna kawo ƙarshen mulkin Rana da aiwatar da tsarin mulkin mallaka. Mahendra ya gabatar da kundin tsarin mulkin Nepal na farko a watan Fabrairun 1959. An sake yin sabon kundin tsarin mulki a 1962. Sarki Birendra ya hau gadon sarauta a cikin 1972. A ranar 16 ga Afrilu, 1990, Sarki Birendra ya wargaza Majalisar ta Kasa kuma ya gabatar da kundin tsarin mulki na uku a watan Nuwamba na wannan shekarar, tare da aiwatar da tsarin mulki na bangarori da yawa.

Nepal tana da yawan jama'a miliyan 26.42 (ya zuwa Yulin 2006). Nepal kasa ce da ta kunshi kabilu daban-daban.Kabilu sun fi 30 wadanda suka hada da Rye, Limbu, Sunuvar, Damang, Magal, Gurung, Sherba, Newar, da Tharu. 86.5% na mazauna sun yi imani da addinin Hindu, yana mai da ita ita kaɗai ƙasar a duniya da ke ɗaukar Hindu a matsayin addinin ƙasar. Kashi 7.8% sun yi imani da addinin Buddah, kashi 3.8 cikin dari sun yi imani da addinin Islama, sannan kashi 2 da digo 2 na mutanen kasar sun yi imani da wasu addinai. Nepali shine yaren ƙasar, kuma ana amfani da Ingilishi a azuzuwan manya.

Nepal kasa ce mai noma, kashi 80% na al'ummar kasar noma ne suka mamaye ta, tattalin arziki ya ci baya, kuma tana daya daga cikin kasashen da suka ci gaba a duniya. Manyan amfanin gona sune shinkafa, masara, da alkama, kuma albarkatun tsabar kuɗi galibi rake ne, albarkatun mai, da taba. Albarkatun kasa sun hada da jan ƙarfe, ƙarfe, aluminium, zinc, phosphorus, cobalt, quartz, sulfur, lignite, mica, marble, limestone, magnesite, da itace. Miningananan ma'adanai kaɗai ake samu. Abubuwan da ke samar da wutar lantarki suna da wadata, tare da tanadin ruwa na kilowatts miliyan 83. Nepal tana da raunin masana'antu, ƙaramin sikelin, ƙananan matakan aikin injiniya, da jinkirin haɓaka. Mafi mahimmanci sun haɗa da yin sukari, yadi, takalmin fata, sarrafa abinci, da dai sauransu. Hakanan akwai wasu sana'o'in hannu na karkara da masana'antun kere kere. Yanayi mai dadi da kyawawan wurare na dabi'a ya sanya Nepal ta wadata da albarkatun yawon bude ido. Nepal tana cikin tsaunukan kudu na Himalayas. Bugu da kari, akwai sama da kololuwa 200 na mita 6000 zuwa 8000 a cikin Nepal, wadanda suke da burin hawa hawa tsaunuka.An samu wadatattun al'adun gargajiya da addini na Nepal da kyawawan gine-ginen gargajiya na Hindu da Buddha. Don aikin hajji, kuma yana da wuraren shakatawa na kare namun daji 14, wadanda za a iya amfani da su don yin yawo da kuma farautar yawon bude ido. A cikin 1995, akwai masu yawon bude ido 360,000 zuwa Nepal.