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Bhutan

Also Known As Kingdom of Bhutan
Southern Asia

Bhutan is a landlocked country in South Asia, located in the Eastern Himalayas, bordering China's Tibet Autonomous Region to the north and northwest and India to the south and southeast. It is a democratic constitutional monarchy. Its capital is Thimphu. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Facts
Capital
Thimphu 2
Population
777,486 2
2021 estimate (UN World Population Prospects), from Bhutan's own Wikipedia infobox; the 2022 national census recorded 727,145.
Population Estimate Year
2021 2
Area (sq km)
38,395 2
Independence or Founding Year
1907 2
Bhutan was never colonized, so no independence-from-colonial-rule date exists. 1907 (17 December) marks the founding of the Wangchuck dynasty's hereditary monarchy, following a 1616-1634 unification period; this entity records that founding date instead.
Classification
Sovereignty Status
UN Member State 1
Bhutan

Cities

Thimphu

Bhutan
Connections

Associated With

South Asia, Regions
The Tibetan Plateau, Landforms
Source Tibetan Plateau (Wikipedia)
Thimphu, Cities

Thimphu is Bhutan's capital.

Source Thimphu (Wikipedia)

Has Capital

Thimphu, Cities

Thimphu is Bhutan's capital.

Source Thimphu (Wikipedia)
Sources
1. Member States of the United Nations (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationIntroduction
Quote, Introduction
The United Nations comprise 193 sovereign states and the world's largest intergovernmental organization.
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2. Bhutan (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia Foundation
  • Infobox, capital
    Thimphu
  • Infobox, area
    38,395 km2
  • Infobox, 2021 estimate
    777,486
  • Infobox, founding
    17 December 1907
  • Introduction
    a landlocked country in South Asia, located in the Eastern Himalayas
  • Lead sentence
    Bhutan, officially the Kingdom of Bhutan, is a landlocked country in South Asia
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Thimphu (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia Foundation
  • Associated With: Thimphu, Lead section
    Thimphu is the capital and largest city of Bhutan.
  • Has Capital: Thimphu, Lead section
    Thimphu is the capital and largest city of Bhutan.
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Tibetan Plateau (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationAssociated With: The Tibetan Plateau, Lead, geopolitical extent sentence
Quote, Associated With: The Tibetan Plateau, Lead, geopolitical extent sentence
Geopolitically, it covers most of the Tibet Autonomous Region, most of Qinghai, the western half of Sichuan, southern Gansu Province, southern Xinjiang Province in Western China, Bhutan, the Indian regions of Ladakh and Lahaul and Spiti (Himachal Pradesh) as well as Gilgit-Baltistan in Pakistan, northwestern Nepal, eastern Tajikistan and southern Kyrgyzstan.
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