Bhutan
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Bhutan i tiko ra Axiya.
Kingdom of Bhutan འབྲུག་རྒྱལ་ཁབ་ (Dzongkha) Druk Gyal Khap | |
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Anthem: Druk tsendhen The Thunder Dragon Kingdom | |
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Ntsindza-doroba |
Thimphu 27°28.0′N 89°38.5′E |
Tindzimi-Ximfumo | Dzongkha |
Religion |
Buddhism Hinduism |
Demonym | Bhutanese |
Government | Unitary parliamentary constitutional monarchy |
• King | Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck |
• Prime Minister | Tshering Tobgay |
Legislature | Parliament |
• Upper house | National Council |
• Lower house | National Assembly |
Formation | |
• Unification of Bhutan | 1616–1634 |
• House of Wangchuck | 17 December 1907 |
• Indo-Bhutan Treaty | 8 August 1949 |
• UN membership | 21 September 1971 |
• Democratic Constitutional monarchy | 18 July 2008 |
Area | |
• Total | 38,394 km2 (14,824 sq mi)[1][2] (133rd) |
• Water (%) | 1.1 |
Population | |
• 2016 estimate | 797,765[3] (165th) |
• 2005a census | 634,982[4] |
• Density | 19.3/km2 (50.0/sq mi) (196th) |
GDP (PPP) | 2018 estimate |
• Total | $8.010 billion[5] |
• Per capita |
$9,805[5] (115th) |
GDP (nominal) | 2018 estimate |
• Total | $2.610 billion[5] |
• Per capita | $3,197[5] (130th) |
Gini (2012) |
38.7[6] medium |
HDI (2015) |
0.607[7] medium · 132nd |
Currency | Ngultrum (BTN) |
Time zone | BTT (UTC+6) |
• Summer (DST) | not observed (UTC+6) |
Drives on the | left |
Calling code | +975 |
ISO 3166 code | BT |
Internet TLD | .bt |
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