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Nepal Summary

Population 2000 (NSO-Based Estimate '000) 22,625   Population 2000 (UN '000) 23,043
Area (km2) 139,087   Avg. Input Resolution (km) 43
Number of Administrative Units 75   Population Per Administrative Unit ('000) 302
Number of Urban Extents 41   Number of Settlement Points 45

Nepal Details

Names
ISO3-Code NPL
Continent Asia
Country Name Nepal
Administrative Classifications
Level Used 3.0
Leve1 Type Development Region
Level2 Type Zone
Level3 Type District
Number of Units 75
Population Per Unit ('000) (2000, estimate) 302
National Population Estimates
Last Year of Reference 2001
NSO-Based Estimated Population, 1990 ('000) 18,099
NSO-Based Estimated Population, 1995 ('000) 20,209
NSO-Based Estimated Population, 2000 ('000) 22,625
UN Population, 1990 ('000) 18,142
UN Population, 1995 ('000) 20,439
UN Population, 2000 ('000) 23,043
National Spatial Estimates
Area (km2) 139,087
Average Input Resolution (km) 43
Settlement Points
Number of Settlement Points 45
Largest Settlement, by Population (2000, estimate) 641,206
Smallest Settlement, by Population (2000, estimate) 8,642
Mean Settlement, by Population (2000, estimate) 60,556
Urban Areal Extents
Number of Urban Extents 41
Largest Urban Extent (km2) 457
Smallest Urban Extent (km2) 12
Mean Urban Extent (km2) 69
Total for All Urban Extent (km2) 2,841
Largest Urban Extent (population, 2000) 1,228,477
Smallest Urban Extent (population, 2000) 5,278
Mean Urban Extent (population, 2000) 76,917
Total for All Urban Extent (population, 2000) 3,153,609
% Total Land Area in Urban Extents (km2) 2%
% Total Population in Urban Extents (2000, estimate) 13%
% Total Population that is Urban (2001, UN World Urbanization Prospects) 12%
Urban Areal Extents, by Source
Nighttime Lights Data 31
Regression-estimated Extents 16
Digital Chart of the World 0
Other 0
Notes
Administrative Population Source Data:
Nepal Population Report 2002: Chapter 1, Table 1.7, Distribution and the Growth Rate of Population by Districts, Nepal 1981-2001; The Nepal Ministry of Population and Environment, http://www.mope.gov.np/ .
Administrative Boundary Source Data:
Boundary data provided by Geographic Decisions International.
Settlement Point Population Source Data:
City Population, www.citypopulation.de; The State of Population, Nepal 2000, www.mope.gov.np/frame.php3;World Gazetteer, www.gazetteer.de
Settlement Point Coordinate Source Data:
ASCities, DCW, NIMA, World Gazetteer
Urban Criteria for Settlements (UN):
Localities with 9,000 inhabitants or more (panchayats).
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