Bhutan Country Info - Asia

Description and Basic Information

Bhutan with its capital Thimphu is located in Asia (Southern Asia, between China and India). It covers some 47,001 square kilometres (about one-half the size of Indiana) with 2,376,000 citizens. Dzongkha is the language used in Bhutan. It is charing borders with China and India.

Bhutan is a small country in the Himalayas. In terms of average wage, Bhutan is a poor country, however the land is fertile and the population small, so the people are well fed, and beggars and homeless are nonexistent, except for few. In addition, the current generation receives free education, and all citizens have access to free medical care. The kingdom became a parliamentary democracy in March 2008 upon the command of the Fourth King. The official name for the country is Druk Yul - Land of the Thunder Dragon - but due to the harmonious nature of the society, it has acquired the additional nickname of Deki Druk (Yul) - (Land of) the Peaceful Thunder Dragon. Although the country expanse is quite small Bhutanese weather varies from location to location mainly depending upon the elevation. The majority of tourists do cultural tours where they visit important destinations in a vehicle. This allows maximum coverage of the country within a limited period of time.

Pictures from Capital (Thimphu)

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About Bhutan

The topography features mostly mountainous with some fertile valleys and savanna. The average density of population is about 50 per km². The climate in Bhutan can be described as varies with tropical in southern plains, cool winters and hot summers in central valleys, severe winters and cool summers in Himalayas. Potential natural disasters are violent storms from the Himalayas are the source of the country's name, which translates as Land of the Thunder Dragon or frequent landslides during the rainy season.

To reach someone in Bhutan dial +975 prior to a number. There are 26,300 installed telephones. And there are 327,100 registered mobile phones. The cellular networks operate on frequencies of 900 Mhz. Websites typically end with the top level domain ".bt". If you want to bring electric appliances (e.g. battery charger), keep in mind the local 230V - 50Hz. The following list are the 20 regions/states in Bhutan we know off.

Demographic Statistics

In the year 2010, the total Bhutanese population grew at a rate of 1.24% (or by 8,657 citizens). With 5,074 deaths and 13,731 babies born, the natural increase rate lies at 1.24%. 0 persons more in total immigrated to the country than emmigrated.

An overview of age distribution in Bhutan: Each pair of bars represents a single age group (male/female). Each group is spanning 5 years. E.g. 0 to 5 years, 5 to 10 etc. and group "0 to 5" being at the left end and "100 +" at the right end of the chart.

Based on content from wikitravel.org. The original article can be found here based on the work of these users.
Geographic information is based on the data provided by geonames.org, CIA factsbook and Unesco.