The boy is Not of Nepali origin but rather of Indian.

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'Cochabamba' clinches geography bee win

WASHINGTON (AP) — Quick: Cochabamba is the third-largest conurbation in what country?

Your answer might be, "Huh?" But 11-year-old Akshay Rajagopal answered "Bolivia" to clinch the 20th annual National Geographic Bee today.

A conurbation is a large, densely populated urban area — and Cochabamba is the third-largest one in the South American country.

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