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 World's Happiest Countries 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: Common English country name: Bhutan Official English country name: The Kingdom of Bhutan Common endonym(s): Druk Yul () Official endonym(s): Druk Gyal Khap () 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
Geography of Bhutan Bhutan is: a landlocked country Location: Northern Hemisphere and Eastern Hemisphere Eurasia Asia South Asia Indian subcontinent Time zone: Bhutan Time (UTC+06) Extreme points of Bhutan High: Gangkhar Puensum Low: Drangme Chhu Land boundaries: 1,075 km 605 km 470 km Coastline: none Population of Bhutan: 672,425(2005) Area of Bhutan: - 131st largest country Atlas of Bhutan
Environment 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 Fauna of Bhutan Birds of Bhutan Mammals 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
List of ecoregions in Bhutan
Administrative divisions of Bhutan
Administrative divisions of Bhutan Dzongkhags (districts) of Bhutan Dungkhags (sub-districts) of Bhutan Gewogs (village blocks) of Bhutan Thromdes (municipalities) of Bhutan Chiwogs (electoral constituencies) of Bhutan Villages of Bhutan
Districts of Bhutan
Districts of Bhutan
District Former spelling BhutaneseRomanization 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
Gewogs of Bhutan
Municipalities of Bhutan
Thromde Capital of Bhutan: Thimphu Cities of Bhutan Cities, towns, and villages of Bhutan
Demography of Bhutan
Demographics of Bhutan
Government and politics of Bhutan
Politics of Bhutan Form of government: constitutional monarchy Capital of Bhutan: Thimphu Elections National Council, 2007–08 General election, 2008 Local elections, 2011 (2008) Political parties in Bhutan Taxation in Bhutan
Branches of government
Government of Bhutan
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
Parliament of Bhutan (bicameral) Upper house: National Council of Bhutan Lower house: National Assembly of Bhutan
Judicial branch of the government of Bhutan
Judicial system of Bhutan Royal Court of Justice Supreme Court of Bhutan High Court of Bhutan Dzongkhag Court Dungkhag Court
Foreign relations of Bhutan
Foreign relations of Bhutan Diplomatic missions in Bhutan Diplomatic missions of Bhutan
Bhutanese refugees Bhutanese refugees Beldangi refugee camps Goldhap refugee camp Khudunabari refugee camp Sanischare refugee camp Timai refugee camp
International organization membership The Kingdom of Bhutan is a member of:
Asian Development Bank (ADB) Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC) Colombo Plan (CP) Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Group of 77 (G77) International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) International Criminal Police Organization (Interpol) International Development Association (IDA) International Finance Corporation (IFC) International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) International Monetary Fund (IMF) International Olympic Committee (IOC) International Organization for Migration (IOM) (observer) International Organization for Standardization (ISO) (correspondent) International Telecommunication Union (ITU) International Telecommunications Satellite Organization (ITSO)
Nonaligned Movement (NAM) Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) South Asia Co-operative Environment Programme (SACEP) South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) United Nations (UN) United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) Universal Postal Union (UPU) World Customs Organization (WCO) World Federation of Trade Unions (WFTU) World Health Organization (WHO) World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) World Meteorological Organization (WMO) World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) World Trade Organization (WTO) (observer)
Law and order in Bhutan
Law of Bhutan Bhutanese legislation Constitution of Bhutan Bhutanese Citizenship Act 1958 Bhutanese Citizenship Act 1985 Local Government Act of Bhutan 2009 Tobacco Control Act of Bhutan 2010 Human rights in Bhutan Capital punishment in Bhutan Freedom of religion in Bhutan LGBT rights in Bhutan Law enforcement in Bhutan Royal Bhutan Police Crime in Bhutan Tsa Yig (historical legal code)
Military of Bhutan
Military of Bhutan Command Commander-in-chief: King of Bhutan Forces Army of Bhutan Navy of Bhutan: None Air Force of Bhutan Military history of Bhutan
Local government in Bhutan
History of Bhutan
History of Bhutan Timeline of the history of Bhutan
Historical events Bhutan War (Duar War) Slavery in Bhutan Treaty of Punakha
Historical families and figures Dorji family Ugyen Dorji Jigme Palden Dorji House of Wangchuck Jigme Namgyal Ugyen Wangchuck
Historical government Dzongpen Provinces of Bhutan
Bumthang Province Daga Province Kurmaed Province Kurtoed Province Paro Province Punakha Province Thimphu Province Trongsa Province Wangdue Phodrang Province
Penlop Penlop of Trongsa
Ancient Kingdoms Bumthang Kingdom
Culture of Bhutan
Culture of Bhutan Architecture of Bhutan Cuisine of Bhutan Ethnic groups in Bhutan Media in Bhutan National symbols of Bhutan Coat of arms of Bhutan Flag of Bhutan National anthem of Bhutan Prostitution in Bhutan Public holidays in Bhutan Tsechus Religion in Bhutan Buddhism in Bhutan Christianity in Bhutan Hinduism in Bhutan Islam in Bhutan World Heritage Sites in Bhutan: None
Art in Bhutan Art in Bhutan Cinema of Bhutan Music of Bhutan Television in Bhutan
Languages in Bhutan
Languages of Bhutan
Tibeto-Burman languages Bodish languages Tibetan languages (South Bodish, Central Bodish, West Bodish) Dzongkha Brokkat language Brokpa language Chocangacakha Khams Tibetan language Lakha 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) Indo-Aryan languages Nepali language
Sports in Bhutan
Sports in Bhutan Football in Bhutan Bhutan national football team Cricket in Bhutan Bhutan national cricket team Bhutan at the Olympics
Economy and infrastructure of Bhutan
Economy 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) Currency of Bhutan: Ngultrum ISO 4217: BTN Communications in Bhutan Internet 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 Lateral Road
Education in Bhutan
Education in Bhutan
Health in Bhutan
Health in Bhutan
See also
Bhutan
List of Bhutan-related topics List of international rankings Member state of the United Nations Outline of Asia Outline of geography
Sources
References
External links
Bhutan Links Page - at the National Library of Bhutan.
Government of Bhutan portal Tourism Council of Bhutan (Official)