Location:

Located between 80 4' and 88 12' east longitude and between 26 22' and 30 27' north latitude, the Kingdom of Nepal extends along the south slope of the Himalaya in central Asia. Its total land area is 147,181 square kilometers, and its borders are contiguous with India in the west, south and east and with the Tibetan Autonomous Region of the People's republic of China in the north. Nepal's boundary limits are as follows:

In the east, the Mechi river and Singallia ridge separate the country from Sikkim and West Bengal.

In the south, boundary pillars and about nine meters of no-man's land on either side demarcate Nepalese territory and the Indian states of West Bengal, Bihar and Uttar Pradesh.

In the west, the Mahakali river is the natural border separating the Kingdom from Uttar Pradesh.

In the north, the boundary markers set up in accordance with the Boundary Agreements of 1961 demarcate the border between Nepalese territory and the Tibetan Autonomous Region of the People's Republic of China. Nepal is a land-locked country, the nearest sea coast being 1,120 kilometers away at Calcutta in India.