Nape is the back of the neck.

Nape or NAPE may also refer to:

Places

• Nape (Lesbos), a town of ancient Lesbos

• Napé, an administrative center town in Laos

People

• Nape 'a Motana (born 1945), South African writer

• Nape Nnauye, 21st century Tanzanian politician

• David Nape (1870–1913), composer, member of the Royal Hawaiian Band, inducted into the Hawaiian Music Hall of Fame

• Isaac Nape, South African researcher and lecturer

• Jeffery Nape (1964–2016), Speaker of the National Parliament and Governor-General of Papua New Guinea

Mythology

• Nape (Wildwood), one of the female dogs of the hunter Actaeon. Like the rest of the pack, she also devoured her master when he was transformed into a stag by Artemis, goddess of the hunt.

NAPE

• N-Acylphosphatidyletthanolamine, a class of hormone

• German National Action Plan on Energy Efficiency (German: Nationale Aktionsplan Energieeffizienz)

• National Academy for Primary Education, a Bangladesh government academy training primary school teachers

• NAPE Foundation, a non-profit organization which supports disadvantaged students in Ghana

• Newfoundland Association of Public and Private Employees, a union in Newfoundland & Labrador