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Biratnagar is the second largest city of Nepal. The city has country’s most leading manufacturing industries.

• Nepal's first large scale industry was setup in Biratnagar, the Biratnagar Jute Mills in 1936. Today, the city has some of the largest industrial undertakings in the country. It is Nepal's second biggest city which is believed to be the capital of language, culture and politics of the country. Biratnagar Jute Mills, was set up here in 1936.
• Biratnagar had broadcaste the first radio "Nepal Radio."

There are a couple of pilgrimage spots in BudhaSubba, Dantakali, PanchaKanya (Dharan), Barahachhetra nearby the city.

Biratnagar is linked with Kathmandu by air and road.

The Jogbani (Bihar, INDIA) border crossing, 5km south of town, is closed to foreigners.

Tourists discover Biratnagar on their way to the Himalayan states of India, known as Sikkim and Darjeeling. Visitors also arrive Biratnagar by air to begin their trekking to mountains such as Makalu, Kanchanjunga, Arun Valley; Nepal’s tea growing regions like Illam and Dhankuta.

Biratnagar is the hub of air routes in eastern Nepal. (Temperature 8-39 degrees Celsius.)