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| |+ style="margin-left: inherit; font-size: 135%; padding-bottom: 0.5em; line-height: 1.1em;" | '''The Rajadom of Lo'''<br/>'''Lo Manthang'''
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| | colspan="2" style="border-top: solid 1px #ccd2d9; vertical-align: top; text-align: center; font-size: 95%;" | [[]]<br />map of Lo
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| | style="border-top: solid 1px #ccd2d9; padding: 0.4em 1em 0.4em 0; vertical-align: top;" | '''Capitals'''
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| | Royal
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| | style="padding: 0 1em 0 0; text-align:left; vertical-align: top;" | Mantang
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| | Administrative
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| | style="padding: 0 1em 0 0; text-align:left; vertical-align: top;" | Jomsom
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| | Mustang
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| | Dolpo
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| | Manang
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| | style="padding: 0 1em 0 0; text-align:left; vertical-align: top;" | Chame
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| | style="border-top: solid 1px #ccd2d9; padding: 0.4em 1em 0 0; vertical-align: top; text-align: left;" | '''Government'''
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| | style="border-top: solid 1px #ccd2d9; padding: 0.4em 1em 0 0; vertical-align: top;" | absolute monarchy
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| | '''Head of State and Government'''
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| | style="padding: 0 1em 0.2em 0; text-align:left; vertical-align: top;" | His Royal Highness Ashtok Bista
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| | style="border-top: solid 1px #ccd2d9; padding: 0.4em 1em 0.4em 0; vertical-align: top;" | '''Demonym'''
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| | style="border-top: solid 1px #ccd2d9; padding: 0.4em 1em 0.4em 0; vertical-align: top;" | Lotian
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| | style="border-top: solid 1px #ccd2d9; padding: 0.4em 1em 0.4em 0; vertical-align: top; text-align: left;" | '''Religions'''
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| | Official
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| | Other
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| | style="padding: 0 1em 0 0; text-align:left; vertical-align: top;" | Hinduism
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| | style="border-top: solid 1px #ccd2d9; padding: 0.4em 1em 0.4em 0; vertical-align: top; text-align: left;" | '''Languages'''
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| | Official
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| | style="padding: 0 1em 0 0; text-align:left; vertical-align: top;" | Tibetan, Lepcha, Limbu
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| | Other
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| | style="padding: 0 1em 0 0; text-align:left; vertical-align: top;" | Nepali
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| | style="border-top: solid 1px #ccd2d9; padding: 0.4em 1em 0 0; vertical-align: top; text-align: left;" | '''Founding'''
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| | style="border-top: solid 1px #ccd2d9; padding: 0.4em 1em 0 0; vertical-align: top;" | 1380
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| | style="border-top: solid 1px #ccd2d9; padding: 0.4em 1em 0 0; vertical-align: top; text-align: left;" | '''Independence'''
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| | style="border-top: solid 1px #ccd2d9; padding: 0.4em 1em 0 0; vertical-align: top;" | 1790
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| | style="border-top: solid 1px #ccd2d9; padding: 0.4em 1em 0 0; vertical-align: top; text-align: left;" | '''Area'''
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| | style="border-top: solid 1px #ccd2d9; padding: 0.4em 1em 0 0; vertical-align: top; text-align: left;" | 10,293 km²<br>3,974 mi²
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| | style="border-top: solid 1px #ccd2d9; padding: 0.4em 1em 0 0; vertical-align: top; text-align: left;" | '''Population (2001)'''
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| | style="border-top: solid 1px #ccd2d9; padding: 0.4em 1em 0 0; vertical-align: top; text-align: left;" | 54,113
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| | Ethnicities
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| | style="padding: 0 1em 0 0; text-align:left; vertical-align: top;" | Bhutia 53%<br>Lepcha 25%<br>Limbu 12%<br>Nepali 10%
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| | style="border-top: solid 1px #ccd2d9; padding: 0.4em 1em 0.4em 0; vertical-align: top; text-align: left;" | '''Currency'''
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| | style="border-top: solid 1px #ccd2d9; padding: 0.4em 1em 0.4em 0; vertical-align: top;" |1 Himalayan Rupee (Rs) = 20 sukaa (?) = 240 paisa (?)
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| | style="border-top: solid 1px #ccd2d9; padding: 0.4em 1em 0.4em 0; vertical-align: top; text-align: left;" | '''Time zone'''
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| | style="border-top: solid 1px #ccd2d9; padding: 0.4em 1em 0.4em 0; vertical-align: top;" | CET UTC+5:30
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| | style="border-top: solid 1px #ccd2d9; padding: 0.4em 1em 0.4em 0; vertical-align: top; text-align: left;" | '''Telephone Code'''
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| | style="border-top: solid 1px #ccd2d9; padding: 0.4em 1em 0.4em 0; vertical-align: top; text-align: left;" | '''Registration'''
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| | [[wikipedia:call sign#Aviation|Aviation]]
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| | style="padding: 0 1em 0 0; text-align:left; vertical-align: top;" | LOM
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| | [[wikipedia:call sign#Amateur_radio|Amateur radio]]
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| | style="padding: 0 1em 0 0; text-align:left; vertical-align: top;" | LOM
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| | [[wikipedia:ITU prefix|Radio prefix]]
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| | style="padding: 0 1em 0 0; text-align:left; vertical-align: top;" | LOM
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| | style="border-top: solid 1px #ccd2d9; padding: 0.4em 1em 0.4em 0; vertical-align: top; text-align: left;" | '''Organizations'''
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| | style="border-top: solid 1px #ccd2d9; padding: 0.4em 1em 0.4em 0; vertical-align: top;" | Commission on Very Small States<br>Himalayan Confederacy
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| | Other
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| Texts in '''bold''' print are points of departure.
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| ==History==
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| ===Timeline===
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| ===[[Wiki.frath.net/Rajadom_of_Lo#History|More Detailed History]]===
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| ==Toponymy==
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| ==Government==
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| ====Provinces (''anchal'')====
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| ! style="background: #efefef; border-bottom: 2px solid gray;" | Area
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| | Mustang
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| | Jomsom
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| | 3,573 km²
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| | 29,545 (2001)
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| | Dolpa
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| | Dunai
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| | 7,889 km²
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| | (2001)
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| | about the size of *here's* Slovenia
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| | Manang
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| | Chame
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| | 2,246 km²
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| | 9,587 (2001)
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| | slightly smaller than *here's* Isle of Majorca
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| *Thus, the total area of the rajadom is 13,708 km², about the size of *here's* Montenegro.
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| *The 15 Mustang prefectures are Chhonkup, Lomanthan, Chhoser, Chanang, Sukkang, Dhami, Chhusang, Kagbeni, Jhong, Muktinath, Marpha, Tukuche, Kowang, Junjo, and Lete.
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| *The 14 Manang prefectures are Fu, Nar, Thoche, Tanki Manang, Khangsar, Bhraka, Nyawal, Gyasu, Manang, Pisang, Chame, Tachi Bogarcchap, Thoche, Dharapani.
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| *The 19 Dolpa prefectures are Bhijar, Saddang, Tinje, Phoksundo, Dho,Chhenka, Mukot, Sakartana, Dunai, Lawan, Raha, Tripunakot, Likhu, Pahada, Lohai, Kalika, Narku, Rimi, Sarmi.
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| ==Geography==
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| ===Borders===
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| Ladakh is bordered by on the:
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| North: Kashmir<br>
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| West: Kashmir<br>
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| South: Jammu<br>
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| East: Tibet
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| ==Climate==
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| ==Economy==
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| ==Demographics==
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| ==Culture==
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| ===National symbols===
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| *National mammal 1: [[Wikipedia:Markhor|Markhor]] (''Capra falconeri'')
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| *National mammal 2: [[Wikipedia:Asian Black Bear|Asian Black Bear]] (''Ursus thibetanus'')
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| *National bird: [[Wikipedia:Scarlet minivet|Scarlet minivet]] (''Pericrocotus flammeus speciosa'']
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| *National flower: [[Wikipedia:Sausurrea obvallata|Brahma Kamal]] (''Sausurrea obvallata'')
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| *National tree: [[Wikipedia:Cedrus deodara|Himalayan cedar]] (''Cedrus deodara'')
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| **The hoist half of the flag is white, the color of the snows on the sacred Himalayas, which symbolizes the secular tradition of the Rajadom. The [[Wikipedia:Chhatraratna|auspicious Parasol]] in the blue color of peace symbolizes His Majesty the King, whose noble actions enhance the Rajadom. Hence, it symbolizes that His Majesty is protector of the people of the Rajadom and the upholder of the secular foundations of the Rajadom.
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| **The fly half of the flag is maroon, the color of the robes of the monks and symbolizes the spiritual tradition. The golden [[Wikipedia:Dharmacakra|dharma wheel]], with the [[Wikipedia:Gankyil|gankyil]] in the center, symbolizes the flourishing of the Buddhist teachings in the Rajadom.
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| **The pale wavy green symbolizes the Gandaki River that flows through the Rajadom.
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| **The [[Wikipedia:Wind Horse|lung ta]] (wind horse) flies from fly to hoist symbolizing that the Buddhist tradition infuses the government of the Rajadom.
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| *National emblem:
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| **Per pale white and maroon, a pale wavy vert, on the dexter an auspicious parasol azure, on the sinister the Wheel of Dharma or; on a chief vert a wind horse courant to the dexter.
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| **For supporters, on the dexter a sand fox and on the sinister a musk deer, all proper.
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| **For a crest, a [[Wikipedia:vajra|vajra]] or rising out of a lotus white.
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| *National aviation roundel: a circle divided in half, white and red, a green stripe down the center.
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| *National instrument: [[Wikipedia:|Wikipedia:]]
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| ===Lotian holidays===
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| (Dates in ''italics'' are postponed)
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| | 14 February
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| | [[Wikipedia:Losar|Losar]]
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| | [[Wikipedia:Chotrul Duchen|Chotrul Duchen]]
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| | [[Wikipedia:Vesak|Suga Dawa Duchen]]
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| | The Buddha's Birth, Enlightenment, and [[Wikipedia:Parinirvana|Parinirvana]] (2010 only)
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| | [[Wikipedia:Lhabab Duchen|Lhabab Duchen]]
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| | The Buddha's Descent to Earth (2010 only))
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| | The King's Coronation
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