Kath·man·du also Kat·man·du 
(kăt′măn-d, kät′män-)
(kăt′măn-d, kät′män-) The capital and largest city of Nepal, in the central part of the country in the eastern Himalaya Mountains. It was founded c. 723 and was a Gurkha capital from 1768 until the late 1700s.