Nepal (/nəˈpɔːl/ ( listen);[10] Nepali: नेपाल Nepāl [neˈpal]), officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal (Nepali: सङ्घीय लोकतान्त्रिक गणतन्त्र नेपाल Sanghiya Loktāntrik Ganatantra Nepāl),[11] is a landlocked central Himalayan country in South Asia. Nepal is divided into 7 states and 77 districts[12] and 744 local units
