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| | Nepal Demographics and Geography - Columbia Gazetteer of the World Online |
 | | The population of Nepal is the result of a long intermingling of Tibeto-Burmans, who migrated from the N (especially Tibet), and peoples who came from the Ganga plain in the S. The chief ethnic group, the Newars, were probably the original inhabitants of the Kathmandu Valley. |
 | | Livestock raising is second to farming in Nepals economy; oxen predominate in the lower valleys, yaks in the higher, and sheep, goats, and poultry are plentiful everywhere. |
 | | Nepal is divided into fourteen administrative zones: Bagmati, Bheri, Dhaulagiri, Gandak, Janakpur, Karnali, Kosi, Lumbini, Mahakali, Mechi, Narayani, Rapti, Sagarmatha, and Seti. |
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