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Bhutan (/ b uː ˈ t ɑː n / ⓘ boo-TAHN; Dzongkha: འབྲུག་ཡུལ་, romanized: Druk Yul [ʈuk̚˩.yː˩]), officially the Kingdom of Bhutan (Dzongkha: འབྲུག་རྒྱལ་ཁབ་, romanized: Druk Gyal Khap), is a landlocked country in South Asia situated in the Eastern Himalayas between China in the north and ...
- Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck
Early life and education. Khesar was born 21 February 1980...
- Bon
The History of Bhutan. Nodia: Random House India. pp....
- Prime Minister
The prime minister of Bhutan (Lyonchhen) is the head of...
- Bhutanese
This is a demography of the population of Bhutan including...
- Thimphu
Thimphu (/ t ɪ m ˈ p uː /; Dzongkha: ཐིམ་ཕུག [tʰim˥.pʰu˥])...
- Tourism in Bhutan
Passengers disembarking from Druk Air's Airbus A319 at Paro...
- Wildlife of Bhutan
The takin is Bhutan's national animal. The Kingdom of Bhutan...
- Flag
Kingdom of Bhutan; Use: National flag: Proportion: 2:3:...
- Lotay Tshering
Lotay Tshering (Dzongkha: བློ་གྲོས་ཚེ་རིང་; born 10 May...
- History of Bhutan
Origins and early settlement, 600–1600. Arrival of Buddhism....
- Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck
Origins and early settlement, 600–1600. Arrival of Buddhism. Sectarian rivalry. Theocratic government, 1616–1907. Consolidation and defeat of Tibetan invasions, 1616–51. Administrative integration and conflict with Tibet, 1651–1728. Bhutan exclaves in western Tibet. Civil conflict, 1728–72. British intrusion, 1772–1907.
May 15, 2024 · Bhutan, landlocked country of south-central Asia, located on the eastern ridges of the Himalayas. Historically a remote kingdom, Bhutan became less isolated in the second half of the 20th century, and consequently the pace of change began to accelerate.
Bhutan (officially called Kingdom of Bhutan) is a small landlocked country in the Himalaya mountains of South Asia. It is ruled by King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck, who has been king since 2006. Bhutan was founded in 1644 by Shabdrung Ngawang Namgyel. The Bhutanese people are proud that they have always been an independent country.
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Bhutan is a sovereign country at the crossroads of East Asia and South Asia, located towards the eastern extreme of the Himalayas mountain range. It is fairly evenly sandwiched between the sovereign territory of two nations: first, the People's Republic of China (PRC) on the north and northwest.
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Mar 21, 2023 · Bhutan country profile. 21 March 2023. Bhutan is a tiny and remote kingdom nestling in the Himalayas between its powerful neighbours, India and China. Almost completely cut off for centuries,...
Dec 14, 2021 · conventional short form: Bhutan. local long form: Druk Gyalkhap. local short form: Druk Yul. etymology: named after the Bhotia, the ethnic Tibetans who migrated from Tibet to Bhutan; "Bod" is the Tibetan name for their land; the Bhutanese name "Druk Yul" means "Land of the Thunder Dragon".
