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Capital:
Kathmandu
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Extract from the Patan (Lalitpur) Travel Guides: Although now largely absorbed by greater Kathmandu,
PATAN
was once the capital of a powerful independent kingdom, and still maintains a defiantly distinct identity. Compared to Kathmandu it's quieter, less frenetic and more Buddhist (there may be a correlation). Sophisticated and, in a Nepali sort of way, bohemian, it's Kathmandu's Left Bank: while Kathmanduites are busy amassing power and wealth, Patan's residents appreciate the finer things of life, which perhaps explains Patan's poetic alternate name,
LALITPUR
("City of Beauty"). Above all, it remains a proud city of
artisans
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