Bhutan: A sma kintra in Sooth Asie

Bhutan is separatit frae the nearbi state o Nepal tae the wast bi the Indian state o Sikkim, an frae Bangladesh tae the sooth bi Wast Bengal.

Kinrick o Bhutan འབྲུག་རྒྱལ་ཁབ་
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Anthem: Druk Tsendhen The Thunder Dragon Kinrick
Caipital and largest city	Thimphu 27°28.0′N 89°38.5′E / 27.4667°N 89.6417°E / 27.4667; 89.6417
Offeecial leids	Dzongkha
Demonym(s)	Bhutanese
Govrenment	Unitary pairlamentary constitutional monarchy
• Keeng	Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck
• Prime Meenister	Tshering Tobgay
Legislatur	Pairlament
• Upper house	Naitional Cooncil
• Lower house	Naitional Assembly
Formation  Early 17t century
• Wangchuk Dynasty	17 December 1907
• Constitutional monarchy	2007
Aurie
• Total	38,394 km2 (14,824 sq mi) (135th)
• Water (%)	1.1
Population
• 2012 estimate	742,737 (165t)
• 2005a census	634,982
• Density	18.0/km2 (46.6/sq mi) (196t)
GDP (PPP)	2011 estimate
• Total	$4.287 billion
• Per capita	$6,112
GDP (nominal)	2011 estimate
• Tot	$1.488 billion
• Per capita	$2,121
Gini (2012)	38.7 medium
HDI (2013)	0.538 law · 140t
Currency	Bhutanese ngultrumb (BTN)
Time zone	UTC+6 (BTT)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+6 (nae observed)
Drivin side	left
Cawin code	+975
ISO 3166 code	BT
Internet TLD	.bt
The population o Bhutan haed been estimatit based on the reportit figur o aboot 1 million in the 1970s when the kintra haed jyned the Unitit Naitions an precise statistics wur lackin. Thus, uisin the annual increase rate o 2–3%, the maist population estimates wur aroond 2 million in the year 2000. A naitional census wis carried oot in 2005 an it turned oot that the population wis 672,425. Consequently, Unitit Naitions Population Diveesion reduced its estimatation o the kintra's population in the 2006 reveesion for the whole period frae 1950 tae 2050. The Indian rupee is an aa legal tender.

Till the early 17t century, Bhutan existit as a patchwirk o minor warrin fiefdoms, when the aurie wis unified bi the Tibetan lama an military leader Shabdrung Ngawang Namgyal who fled releegious persecution in Tibet an cultivatit a separate Bhutanese identity. In the early 20t century, Bhutan came unner the influence o the Breetish Empire, an then upon Indian independence, that o Indie. In 2006, Business Week magazine ratit Bhutan the happiest kintra in Asie an the aicht-happiest in the warld based on a global survey. The caipital ceety o Bhutan is Thimphu. Its offeecial leid is Dzongkha.

"Bhutan" is a kachari wird, as at ane time Bhutan wis in the aurie o Tibet. "A place o Bod" in Tibetan, Di-Bod meant a place o frozen water, it later became DiBodo-Tibodo-Tibet. Likewise, Bodo hathan-Bhuthan-Bhutan is a possible oreegin o the name: frae Bod, a name o place an Hathan-a kynd o place, in this way Bod Hathan-Bhuthan-Bhutan. In anither theory o Sanskritisation, Bhoṭa-anta (भोट-अन्त) means "At the end o Tibet", as Bhutan is immediately tae Tibet's sooth.

Historically Bhutan wis kent bi mony names, such as Lho Mon (soothren land o daurkness), Lho Tsendenjong (soothren land o the Tsenden cypress), Lhomen Khazhi (soothren land o fower approaches) an Lho Men Jong (soothren land o medicinal herbs).

Bhutan is dividit intae fower dzongdey (admeenistrative zones). Each dzongdey is further dividit intae dzongkhag (destricts). There are twintie dzongkhag in Bhutan. Large dzongkhags are further dividit intae subdistricts kent as dungkhag. At the basic level, groups o veelages form a constituency cried gewog (blocks) an are admeenistered bi a gup, who is electit bi the fowk.