Date:         Sun, 9 Apr 2000 20:04:13 +0200
From:   Punya Regmi [regmi@ait.ac.th]
Subject:      background: Bhutanese refugees in Nepal

Jacky Foo [foo@SWIPNET.SE] asked
>CMS Nepal [cmsnepal@cms.wlink.com.np]
>>Presently there are about 90,000 Bhutanese refugees residing in 8
>>camps in Jhapa and Morang ditricts of Nepal.
>
>are these districts classified as mountain areas ?

These two districts, namely, Jhapa and  Morang belong to the Terai (Plain) areas of Nepal and do not represent the Mountains of Nepal.

Regmi