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Mount Everest , also known in Nepal as Sagarmth and in China as Chomolungma /  , is earth ' s highest ___MASK56___ . Its peak is above ___MASK2___ level . Mount Everest is in the Mahalangur Range . The international border between China ( Tibet Autonomous Region ) and Nepal runs across Everest ' s summit point . Its massif includes neighbouring peaks Lhotse , ; Nuptse , , and Changtse , . Nepal , officially the Federal Democratic ___MASK18___ of Nepal , is a landlocked central Himalayan country in South Asia . It has a population of 26 . 4 million and is the 93rd largest country by area . Bordering China in the north and India in the south , east , and west , it is the largest sovereign Himalayan state . Nepal does not border Bangladesh , which is located within only 27 km ( 17 mi ) of its southeastern tip . It neither borders Bhutan due to the Indian state of Sikkim being located in between . Nepal has a diverse ___MASK22___ , including fertile plains , subalpine forested hills , and ___MASK5___ of the world ' s ten tallest mountains , including Mount Everest , the highest point on Earth . Kathmandu is the nation ' s capital and largest city . It is a multiethnic nation with Nepali as the official language . Kathmandu ( Nepali pronunciation : ) is the ___MASK30___ city of the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal , the largest Himalayan state in Asia . It is the largest metropolis in Nepal , with a population of ___MASK82___ . 4 million in the city proper , and 5 million in its urban agglomeration across the Kathmandu Valley , which includes the towns of Lalitpur , Kirtipur , Madhyapur Thimi and Bhaktapur . Kathmandu is also the largest metropolis in the Himalayan hill region . Gautama Buddha ( c . 563 BCE / 480 BCE  c . 483 BCE / 400 BCE ), also known as Siddhrtha Gautama , Shakyamuni Buddha , or simply the Buddha , after the ___MASK20___ of " Buddha ", was an ascetic ( ramaa ) and sage , on whose teachings Buddhism was founded . He is believed to have lived and taught mostly in the eastern ___MASK72___ of ancient ___MASK86___ sometime between the sixth and fourth centuries BCE . South Asia or Southern Asia is a ___MASK31___ used to represent the southern region of the Asian ___MASK74___ , which comprises the sub - Himalayan SAARC countries and , for some authorities , adjoining countries to the west and east . Topographically , it is dominated by the Indian Plate , which rises above sea level as Nepal and northern parts of India situated south of the Himalayas and the Hindu Kush . South Asia is bounded on the south by the Indian Ocean and on land ( clockwise , from west ) by West Asia , Central Asia , East Asia , and Southeast Asia . ___MASK86___ , officially the ___MASK18___ of ___MASK86___ (" Bhrat Gaarjya "), is a country in South Asia . It is the seventh - largest country by area , the second - most populous country ( with over ___MASK82___ . 2 billion people ), and the most populous democracy in the world . It is bounded by the Indian Ocean on the south , the Arabian ___MASK2___ on the southwest , and the ___MASK41___ of Bengal on the southeast . It shares land borders with Pakistan to the west ; China , Nepal , and Bhutan to the northeast ; and Myanmar ( Burma ) and Bangladesh to the east . In the Indian Ocean , ___MASK86___ is in the vicinity of Sri Lanka and the Maldives . ___MASK86___ ' s Andaman and Nicobar Islands share a maritime border with Thailand and Indonesia . Its capital is New Delhi ; other metropolises include Mumbai , Kolkata , Chennai , Bangalore , Hyderabad and Ahmedabad . Rupandehi ___MASK46___ ( Nepali :               Listen , a ___MASK72___ of Lumbini Zone , is one of the seventy - ___MASK70___ districts of Nepal and covers an area of ___MASK82___ , 360 km² . The district headquarters is Siddharthanagar . In 2001 this district had a population of 708 , 419 . China , officially the ___MASK76___ ' s ___MASK18___ of China ( PRC ), is a unitary sovereign state in East Asia . With a population of over ___MASK82___ . 381 billion , it is the world ' s most populous country . The state is governed by the Communist Party of China , and its capital is Beijing . It exercises jurisdiction over 22 provinces , five autonomous regions , four direct - controlled municipalities ( Beijing , Tianjin , Shanghai , and Chongqing ), and two mostly self - governing special administrative regions ( Hong Kong and Macau ), and claims sovereignty over Taiwan . The country ' s major urban areas include Shanghai , Guangzhou , Beijing , Chongqing , Shenzhen , Tianjin and Hong Kong . China is a great power and a major regional power within Asia , and has been characterized as a potential superpower . Lumbin ( Nepali and Sanskrit : , " the lovely ") is a Buddhist ___MASK54___ site in the Rupandehi ___MASK24___ . It is the place where , according to Buddhist tradition , Queen Mayadevi gave birth to Siddhartha Gautama in 563 BCE . Gautama , who achieved Enlightenment some time around 528 BCE , became the Gautama Buddha and founded Buddhism . Lumbini is one of many magnets for ___MASK54___ that sprang up in places pivotal to the life of Gautama Buddha . Bhutan ('), officially the Kingdom of Bhutan ('), is a ___MASK95___ and the smallest ___MASK7___ in Asia to be located entirely within the Himalaya ___MASK60___ . Located in the Eastern Himalayas , it is bordered by China in the north and ___MASK86___ in the south . Bhutan lacks a border with nearby Nepal due to the Indian ___MASK7___ of Sikkim and with Bangladesh due to the Indian states of West Bengal and Assam . Bhutan is geopolitically in South Asia and is the region ' s second least populous nation after the Maldives . Thimphu is its ___MASK30___ and largest city , while Phuntsholing is its financial center . Siddharthanagar ( formerly called Bhairahawa ) ___MASK91___ is headquarter of Rupandehi ___MASK46___ on the Outer Terai plains of Nepal , west of Kathmandu Nepal ' s ___MASK30___ . Siddharthanagar is the administrative headquarters of Rupandehi ___MASK46___ . It is known as " Gateway of Lumbini ." Lumbini , the birthplace of Gautama Buddha is ___MASK93___ km to the west . Bhairahawa is under the administration of Siddharthanagar nagarpalika ( ___MASK91___ ) so often known as Siddharthanagar . Bangladesh ( , " The ___MASK28___ of Bengal "), officially the ___MASK76___ ' s ___MASK18___ of Bangladesh (                  " Gônôprôjatôntri Bangladesh "), is a ___MASK28___ in South Asia . It shares land borders with India and Myanmar ( Burma ). Nepal , Bhutan and China are located near Bangladesh but do not share a border with it . The ___MASK28___ ' s maritime territory in the ___MASK41___ of Bengal is roughly equal to the size of its land area . Bangladesh is the world ' s eighth most populous ___MASK28___ . Dhaka is its capital and largest city , followed by Chittagong which has the ___MASK28___ ' s largest port . Sikkim is a northeastern ___MASK7___ of ___MASK86___ . It borders China in its north and east , Bhutan in its east , Nepal in its west and the Indian ___MASK7___ of West Bengal in its south . Sikkim is also located close to the Siliguri Corridor near Bangladesh . Sikkim is the least populous and second smallest among the Indian states . A part of the Eastern Himalaya , Sikkim is notable for its biodiversity , including alpine and subtropical climates , as well as being a host to Kanchenjunga , the highest peak in ___MASK86___ and third highest on Earth . Sikkim ' s ___MASK30___ and largest city is Gangtok . Almost ___MASK93___ % of the ___MASK7___ is covered by the Khangchendzonga National Park .