Administratively Nepal is divided into 5 Regions, 14 Zones and 75 Districts. Population figure is ca. 30 million (2014), divided into a number of ethnic groups, with variations in language, culture and religion. The Indo-Nepali people live mainly in the lowlands. Their languages/dialects are of Hindi origin. – The Tibetan people live in the mountains, with languages of Tibetan-Burmese origin. – The Newaris is the the largest ethnic group of the Kathmandu valley, also with language of Tibetan- Burmese origin.
- Collection
- International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.25549/impa-c123-93530
- Format
- Photographs
- Place Discussed
- Asia Nepal नेपाल
- Provider
- California Digital Library
- Published in
- Nepal
- Reference
- imp-dan-DM_159.jpg
- Rights
- CC Attribution (CC BY). https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Må bruges med kildeangivelse: Danmission Photo Archive / Should be used with source reference: Danmission Photo Archive. Danmission Strandagervej 24, 2900 Hellerup, Denmark USC does not control copyright for these images. For usage permission, contact the Danmission. Information is available at http://danmission.dk danmission@danmission.dk
- Source
- Digital Public Library of America https://dp.la/item/b5ef746698d2de14b870f1f83990e643