The Flag of Bhutan
The Emblem of Bhutan
The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Bhutan:
Bhutan – landlocked sovereign country located in South Asia. Bhutan is located amidst the eastern end of the Himalaya Mountains and is bordered to the south, east and west by India and to the north by China. Bhutan is separated from Nepal by the Indian state of Sikkim. The Bhutanese call their country Druk Yul (land of the thunder dragon).
Foreign influences and tourism in Bhutan are regulated by the government to preserve the nation's traditional culture, identity and the environment. in 2006 Business Week rated Bhutan the happiest country in Asia and the eighth happiest country in the world. The landscape ranges from subtropical plains in the south to the Himalayan heights in the north, with some peaks exceeding 7,000 metres (23,000 ft). The state religion is Vajrayana Buddhism, and the population is predominantly Buddhist, with Hinduism being the second-largest religion. The capital and largest city is Thimphu. After centuries of direct monarchic rule, Bhutan held its first democratic elections in March 2008. Bhutan is a member of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC).
General reference
- Pronunciation: /buːˈtɑːn/
- Common English country name: Bhutan
- Official English country name: The Kingdom of Bhutan
- Common endonym(s): Druk Yul (Dzongkha: འབྲུག་ཡུལ་)
- Official endonym(s): Druk Gyal Khap (Dzongkha: འབྲུག་རྒྱལ་ཁབ་)
- Adjectival(s): Druk, Bhutanese
- Demonym(s): Bhutanese
- Etymology: Name of Bhutan
- International rankings of Bhutan
- ISO country codes: BT, BTN, 064
- ISO region codes: See ISO 3166-2:BT
- Internet country code top-level domain: .bt
Geography of Bhutan
- Bhutan is: a landlocked country
- Location:
- Northern Hemisphere and Eastern Hemisphere
- Eurasia
- Time zone: Bhutan Time (UTC+06)
- Extreme points of Bhutan
- High: Gangkhar Puensum 7,570 m (24,836 ft)
- Low: Drangme Chhu 97 m (318 ft)
- Land boundaries: 1,075 km
- Population of Bhutan: 672,425(2005)
- Area of Bhutan: 47,000 square kilometres (18,000 sq mi) - 131st largest country
- Atlas of Bhutan
Environment of Bhutan
- Climate of Bhutan
- Environmental issues in Bhutan
- Ecoregions in Bhutan
- Renewable energy in Bhutan
- Protected areas of Bhutan
- Wildlife of Bhutan
Natural geographic features of Bhutan
- Glaciers of Bhutan
- Lakes of Bhutan
- Mountains of Bhutan
- Rivers of Bhutan
- Valleys of Bhutan
- World Heritage Sites in Bhutan: None
Regions of Bhutan
Ecoregions of Bhutan
Administrative divisions of Bhutan
Administrative divisions of Bhutan
Districts of Bhutan
| District | Former spelling | Bhutanese | Romanization used by the Dzongkha Development Commission |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bumthang | བུམ་ཐང་ | Bºumtha | |
| Chukha | Chhukha | ཆུ་ཁ་ | Chukha |
| Dagana | དར་དཀར་ནང་ | Dºagana | |
| Gasa | མགར་ས་ | Gâsa | |
| Haa | ཧད་ / ཧཱ་ | Hâ | |
| Lhuntse | Lhuntshi | ལྷུན་རྩེ་ | Lhüntsi |
| Mongar | མོང་སྒར་ | Mongga | |
| Paro | སྤ་གྲོ་ | Paro | |
| Pemagatshel | Pemagatsel | པདྨ་དགའ་ཚལ་ | Pemagatshä |
| Punakha | སྤུ་ན་ཁ་ | Punakha | |
| Samdrup Jongkhar | བསཾ་གྲུབ་ལྗོངས་མཁར་ | Samdru Jongkha | |
| Samtse | Samchi | བསམ་རྩེ་ | Samtsi |
| Sarpang | གསར་སྦང་ | Sarbang | |
| Thimphu | ཐིམ་ཕུག་ | Thimphu | |
| Trashigang | Tashigang | བཀྲ་ཤིས་སྒང་ | Trashigang |
| Trashiyangste | བཀྲ་ཤིས་གཡང་རྩེ་ | Trashi'yangste | |
| Trongsa | Tongsa | ཀྲོང་གསར་ | Trongsa |
| Tsirang | Chirang | རྩི་རང་ | Tsirang |
| Wangdue Phodrang | Wangdi Phodrang | དབང་འདུས་ཕོ་བྲང་ | 'Wangdi Phodrºa |
| Zhemgang | Shemgang | གཞལ་སྒང་ | Zhºämgang |
Gewogs (village blocks) of Bhutan
Municipalities of Bhutan
Demography of Bhutan
Government and politics of Bhutan
- Form of government: constitutional monarchy
- Capital of Bhutan: Thimphu
- Elections
- Political parties in Bhutan
- Taxation in Bhutan
Branches of government
Executive branch of the government of Bhutan
- Head of state: Druk Gyalpo
- Head of government: Prime Minister of Bhutan
- Cabinet (government): Lhengye Zhungtshog
- Ministry of Agriculture
- Ministry of Economic Affairs
- Ministry of Education
- Ministry of Finance
- Ministry of Foreign Affairs
- Ministry of Health
- Ministry of Home and Cultural Affairs
- Ministry Information and Communications
- Ministry Labour and Human Resources
- Ministry Works and Human Settlement
Legislative branch of the government of Bhutan
Judicial branch of the government of Bhutan
Foreign relations of Bhutan
Bhutanese refugees
International organization membership
The Kingdom of Bhutan is a member of:
Law and order in Bhutan
- Bhutanese legislation
- Human rights in Bhutan
- Law enforcement in Bhutan
- Crime in Bhutan
- Tsa Yig (historical legal code)
Military of Bhutan
- Command
- Forces
- Army of Bhutan
- Navy of Bhutan: None
- Air Force of Bhutan
- Military history of Bhutan
Local government in Bhutan
Main article: Local Government Act of Bhutan 2009History of Bhutan
Historical events
- Bhutan War (Duar War)
- Slavery in Bhutan
- Treaty of Punakha
Historical families and figures
Historical government
- Bumthang Province
- Daga Province
- Kurmaed Province
- Kurtoed Province
- Paro Province
- Punakha Province
- Thimphu Province
- Trongsa Province
- Wangdue Phodrang Province
Ancient Kingdoms
Culture of Bhutan
- Architecture of Bhutan
- Cuisine of Bhutan
- Ethnic groups in Bhutan
- Media in Bhutan
- National symbols of Bhutan
- Prostitution in Bhutan
- Public holidays in Bhutan
- Religion in Bhutan
- World Heritage Sites in Bhutan: None
Art in Bhutan
Languages in Bhutan
(Sharchopkha)
- Tibeto-Burman languages
- Bodish languages
- Tibetan languages (South Bodish, Central Bodish, West Bodish)
- East Bodish languages
- Bumthang language
- Chali language
- Dakpa language
- Dzala language
- Kheng language
- Kurtöp language (Zhâke / Kurtoep-kha)
- 'Olekha (Mönpa)
- Nyenkha
- Gongduk
- Gurung
- Kiranti (including Camling and Limbu)
- Lepcha
- Lhokpu
- Nepal Bhasa
- Tamang
- Tshangla language(Sharchop-kha)
- Bodish languages
- Indo-Aryan languages
Sports in Bhutan
- Football in Bhutan
- Cricket in Bhutan
- Bhutan at the Olympics
Economy and infrastructure of Bhutan
- Economic rank, by nominal GDP (2007): 162nd (one hundred and sixty second)
- Agriculture in Bhutan
- Banking in Bhutan
- Royal Monetary Authority of Bhutan (central bank)
- Communications in Bhutan
- Companies of Bhutan
- Energy in Bhutan
- Health care in Bhutan
- Mining in Bhutan
- Royal Securities Exchange of Bhutan
- Tourism in Bhutan
- Transport in Bhutan
- Airports in Bhutan
- Rail transport in Bhutan
- Roads in Bhutan
Education in Bhutan
Health in Bhutan
See also
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- All pages with titles beginning with Bhutan
- All pages with titles containing Bhutan
- All pages with titles beginning with Bhutanese
- All pages with titles containing Bhutanese
- Index of Bhutan-related articles
- List of Bhutan-related topics
- List of international rankings
- Member state of the United Nations
- Outline of Asia
- Outline of geography
Sources
- Wangchhuk, Lily (2008). Facts About Bhutan: The Land of the Thunder Dragon. Thimphu: Absolute Bhutan Books. ISBN 978-99936-760-0-3.
- "Bhutan". The World Factbook. United States Central Intelligence Agency. July 2, 2009. Retrieved July 23, 2009.
References
- ^ "Bhutan". The World Factbook. United States Central Intelligence Agency. July 2, 2009. Retrieved July 23, 2009.
- "Home | Library of Congress".
- The World's Happiest Countries
External links
- Bhutan Links Page - at the National Library of Bhutan.
Bhutan travel guide from Wikivoyage- Government of Bhutan portal
- Tourism Council of Bhutan (Official)
Media from Commons
News from Wikinews
Quotations from Wikiquote
Travel guides from Wikivoyage
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