Kingdom of Bhutan |
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Anthem: Druk tsendhen
The Thunder Dragon Kingdom |
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Capital and largest city |
Thimphu 27°28.0′N 89°38.5′E / 27.4667°N 89.6417°E |
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Official languages | Dzongkha | ||||
Religion | Buddhism | ||||
Demonym | Bhutanese | ||||
Government | Unitary parliamentary constitutional monarchy | ||||
• King
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Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck | ||||
Tshering Tobgay | |||||
Legislature | Parliament | ||||
National Council | |||||
National Assembly | |||||
Formation | |||||
• Unification of Bhutan
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17th century | ||||
17 December 1907 | |||||
8 August 1949 | |||||
21 September 1971 | |||||
18 July 2008 | |||||
Area | |||||
• Total
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38,394 km2 (14,824 sq mi) (136th) | ||||
• Water (%)
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1.1 | ||||
Population | |||||
• 2012 estimate
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742,737 (165th) | ||||
• 2005a census
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634,982 | ||||
• Density
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19.3/km2 (50.0/sq mi) (196th) | ||||
GDP (PPP) | 2015 estimate | ||||
• Total
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$6.384 billion | ||||
• Per capita
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$8,196 (115) | ||||
GDP (nominal) | 2015 estimate | ||||
• Total
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$2.209 billion | ||||
• Per capita
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$2,836 (130) | ||||
Gini (2012) | 38.7 medium |
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HDI (2015) |
0.607 medium · 132nd |
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Currency | Ngultrum (BTN) and Indian rupee (INR) | ||||
Time zone | BTT (UTC+6) | ||||
• Summer (DST)
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not observed (UTC+6) | ||||
Drives on the | left | ||||
Calling code | +975 | ||||
ISO 3166 code | BT | ||||
Internet TLD | .bt | ||||
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Coordinates: 27°25′01″N 90°26′06″E / 27.417°N 90.435°E
Bhutan (/buːˈtɑːn/; འབྲུག་ཡུལ་ druk yul), officially the Kingdom of Bhutan (འབྲུག་རྒྱལ་ཁབ་ druk gyal khap), is a landlocked country in Asia, and it is the smallest state located entirely within the Himalaya mountain range. Located in the Eastern Himalayas, it is bordered by China (in the north) and India (in the south). Bhutan lacks a border with nearby Nepal due to the Indian state of Sikkim and with Bangladesh due to the Indian states of West Bengal and Assam. Bhutan is geopolitically in South Asia and is the region's second least populous nation after the Maldives. Thimphu is its capital and largest city, while Phuntsholing is its financial center.