Economic aid - recipient:
$424 million (FY00/01)
Currency (code):
Nepalese rupee (NPR)
Currency code:
NPR
Exchange rates:
Nepalese rupees per US dollar - 71.368 (2005), 73.674 (2004),
76.141 (2003), 77.877 (2002)
Fiscal year:
16 July - 15 July
Communications Nepal
Telephones - main lines in use:
448,600 (2005)
Telephones - mobile cellular:
248,800 (2005)
Telephone system:
general assessment: poor telephone and telegraph service; fair
radiotelephone communication service and mobile cellular telephone
network
domestic: NA
international: country code - 977; radiotelephone communications;
microwave landline to India; satellite earth station - 1 Intelsat
(Indian Ocean)
Radio broadcast stations:
AM 6, FM 5, shortwave 1 (January 2000)