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scenic | 09:23 Fri 06th Apr 2007 | Quizzes & Puzzles
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129 The capital city of which small far eastern country has a name which literally means 'wooden temple'
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Kathmandu

City (pop., 2000 est.: 701,499), capital of Nepal. Situated near the confluence of the Baghmati and Vishnumati rivers at an elevation of 4,344 ft (1,324 m), it was founded in 723. Its name refers to a temple (kath, "wood"; mandir, "temple") said to have been built from the wood of a single tree in 1596. The seat of the ruling Shah family of the Gurkha people since 1768, it is Nepal's most important business and commercial centre and the site of Tribhuvan University.
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