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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
Some scholars hold that Bön doctrine became so strongly...
- 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
Bhutan is one of the few countries which has been...
- Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck
4 days ago · 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.
Topographic map of Bhutan. 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.
- Asia
- Drangme Chhu, 97 m (318 ft)
- Gangkhar Puensum, 7,570 m (24,836 ft)
- South Asia
Bhutan - Monarchy, Buddhism, Himalayas: Bhutan’s rugged mountains and dense forests long rendered it almost inaccessible to the outside world, and the country’s rulers reinforced this isolation by banning foreigners until well into the 20th century.
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Bhutan, officially the Kingdom of Bhutan, is a landlocked country in South Asia situated in the Eastern Himalayas between China in the north and India in the south. With a population of over 727,145 and a territory of 38,394 square kilometres (14,824 sq mi), Bhutan ranks 133rd in land area and 160th in population.
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.
