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Online Gazetteers

 * FamilySearch Places
 * World Gazetteers at Archive.org
 * The Himalayan Gazetteer; v. 01 pt 01 Edwin T. Atkinson, FamilySearch International, 1973
 * The Himalayan Gazetteer; v. 01 pt 02 Edwin T. Atkinson, FamilySearch International, 1973
 * The Himalayan Gazetteer; v. 02 pt 02 Edwin T. Atkinson, FamilySearch International, 1973
 * The Himalayan Gazetteer; v. 03 pt 01 Edwin T. Atkinson, FamilySearch International, 1973
 * The Himalayan Gazetteer; v. 03 pt 02 Edwin T. Atkinson, FamilySearch International, 1973
 * Nepal Factbook at CIA The World Factbook
 * Nepal: Provinces, Districts, Cities, Municipalities - Population at City Population
 * Directory of Cities, Towns, and Regions in Nepal at FallingRain
 * List of Nepal Locations at GeoNames
 * Nepal - 10 Largest Cities at GeoNames
 * Facts and figures about Nepal at Places in the world
 * Gazetteer - Index of places Nepal at Places in the world
 * Nepal Cities Database at SimpleMaps
 * Cities in Nepal at Wikipedia
 * Demographics of Nepal at Wikipedia
 * Mountains in Nepal at Wikipedia
 * Outline of Nepal at Wikipedia
 * Religion in Nepal at Wikipedia
 * Rivers of Nepal at Wikipedia
 * Schools in Nepal at Wikipedia
 * Universities in Nepal at Wikipedia
 * Major Rivers Of Nepal at WorldAtlas
 * Maps Of Nepal at WorldAtlas
 * Tallest Mountains In Nepal at WorldAtlas

Print Only Gazetteers

 * A Gazetteer of Afghanistan and Nepal Vipin Jain for Vintage Books, Gurgaon, India, 1989
 * Afghānistān and Nepāl W.E.A. Armstrong, Calcutta : Superintendent of Government Printing, 1908
 * Area handbook for Nepal, Bhutan, and Sikkim George Lawrence Harris, FamilySearch International, 1973
 * Sthānanāma-kośa Śreshṭha Kṛshṇaprakāśa, Nepāla Rājakīya Prajñā-Pratishṭhāna, Kāṭhamāḍauṃ, Nepal, 2044 1987

Why Use Gazetteers
A gazetteer is a dictionary of place-names. Gazetteers list or describe towns and villages, parishes, states, populations, rivers and mountains, and other geographical features. They usually include only the names of places that existed at the time the gazetteer was published. Within a specific geographical area, the place-names are listed in alphabetical order, similar to a dictionary. You can use a gazetteer to locate the places where your family lived and to determine the civil and religious jurisdictions over those places.

There are many places within a country with similar or identical place-names. You will need to use a gazetteer to identify the specific town where your ancestor lived, the state the town was or is in, and the jurisdictions where records about the person was kept.

Gazetteer Contents
Gazetteers may also provide additional information about towns, such as:
 * Different religious denominations
 * Schools, colleges, and universities
 * Major manufacturers, canals, docks, and railroad stations
 * The population size.
 * Boundaries of civil jurisdiction.
 * Ecclesiastical jurisdiction(s)
 * Longitude and latitude.
 * Distances and direction from other from cities.
 * Schools, colleges, and universities.
 * Denominations and number of churches.
 * Historical and biographical information on some individuals (usually high-ranking or famous individuals)