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A Google Maps car at Googleplex, Mountain View. On May 25, 2007, Google released Google Street View, a feature of Google Maps providing 360° panoramic street-level views of various locations. On the date of release, the feature only included five cities in the U.S. It has since expanded to thousands of locations around the world.
Known informally as Byroad, the Tribhuvan Highway is the oldest and the first highway of Nepal and links Naubise, 25 kilometres (16 mi) west of Kathmandu with the Indian border at Birgunj/Raxaul. [2] It was named in memory of King Tribhuvan (1906–1955).
Dhulikhel, about 30 kilometres (19 mi) from Kathmandu and at an altitude of 1,585 metres (5,200 ft), is the last major town in the Kathmandu Valley through which the Araniko Highway passes. [4] After Dhulikhel the road descends into the beautiful Panchkhal Valley.
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The Prithvi Highway or NH04 (previously: H04)(Nepali: पृथ्वी राजमार्ग) is a 174-kilometre-long (108 mi) highway connecting Naubise of Tribhuvan Highway, 26 km from Kathmandu, the capital of Nepal, and Prithivi Chowk, Pokhara, a tourist city in the western part of Nepal.
On 5 September 1999, a BAe 748-501 Super 2B operating as Necon Air Flight 128 from Pokhara to Kathmandu, crashed while approaching Tribhuvan International Airport. The aircraft collided with a communication tower of Nepal Telecommunication Corporation and crashed in a wooded area 25 km west of Kathmandu. All 10 passengers and 5 crew were killed ...
Kathmandu–Terai/Madhesh Expressway or NH33 (previously: H20) (Nepali: काठमाडौँ तराई द्रुतमार्ग), also known as Fast Track, is an under construction road connecting Kathmandu and Nijgadh in southern Terai region of Nepal. [1]
Tourism is a major source of income for most of the people in the city, with several hundred thousand visitors annually. Hindu and Buddhist pilgrims from all over the world visit Kathmandu's religious sites such as Pashupatinath Temple, Swayambhunath, Boudhanath, Changu Narayan Temple, and Budhanilkantha Temple. From a mere 6,179 tourists in ...