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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.
Landlocked
Yes 3
Income Group
Lower-Middle 4
Government Type
Constitutional Monarchy 3
Classification
Sovereignty Status
UN Member State 1
Bhutan

Cities

Connections

Associated With

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

Thimphu is Bhutan's capital.

Source Thimphu (Wikipedia)

Borders

China, Countries
Source CIA World Factbook (factbook.json archive): The World Factbook archive: Bhutan
India, Countries
Source CIA World Factbook (factbook.json archive): The World Factbook archive: Bhutan

Has Capital

Thimphu, Cities

Thimphu is Bhutan's capital.

Source Thimphu (Wikipedia)
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Nationals Include

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Source Pema Dorji (doctor) (Wikipedia)Lead sentence [nationality]
Quote, Lead sentence [nationality]
was a Bhutanese doctor (drungtsho) of traditional Bhutanese and Tibetan medicine

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Source Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck (Wikipedia)Lead
Quote, Lead
Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck (born 21 February 1980) is the current King of Bhutan, reigning since 9 December 2006.

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Source Kinzang Lhamo (Wikipedia)Lead, nationality
Quote, Lead, nationality
is a Bhutanese marathon and ultramarathon runner

Origin Of

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Source Wikipedia: Sky Burialopening linestier 3
Quote, opening lines
Sky burials are endemic to Tibet, Qinghai, Sichuan, and Inner Mongolia, as well as in Mongolia, Nepal, Bhutan, and parts of India such as Sikkim

Site Of

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Found There

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Source Wikidata: Constitution of Bhutan

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Source Wikidata: High Court of Bhutan

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Source Arunachal macaque (Wikipedia)Lead, where it lives
Quote, Lead, where it lives
is a macaque native to Eastern Himalayas of Bhutan, China and India

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Source Asiatic long-tailed climbing mouse (Wikipedia)Habitat and Distribution, range
Quote, Habitat and Distribution, range
The species are found in Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, China, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Thailand, and Vietnam.

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Source Bharal (Wikipedia)Lead, system
Quote, Lead, system
It inhabits the Himalayan alpine meadows and rocky slopes across Bhutan, China, India, Myanmar, Nepal, and Pakistan, typically at altitudes of 2,200–5,500 m (7,200–18,000 ft).

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Source Bhutan giant flying squirrel (Wikipedia)Distribution
Quote, Distribution
The Bhutan giant flying squirrel has a narrow range in the Himalayas where restricted to central and eastern Nepal, Bhutan, and the Indian states of Sikkim, far northern West Bengal, and western and central Arunachal Pradesh.

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Source Black giant squirrel (Wikipedia)Lead, range
Quote, Lead, range
It is found in forests from northern Bangladesh, northeast India, eastern Nepal, Bhutan, southern China, Myanmar, Laos, Thailand, West Malaysia, Cambodia, Vietnam, and western Indonesia (Java, Sumatra, Bali and nearby small islands).

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Source Blanford's fruit bat (Wikipedia)Distribution, Bhutan
Quote, Distribution, Bhutan
It occurs in several countries in South and Southeast Asia, including Bhutan, China, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, and Vietnam.

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Source Capped langur (Wikipedia)Distribution and habitat
Quote, Distribution and habitat
The capped langur occurs in northeast India, Bhutan, Bangladesh and Myanmar

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Source Chital (Wikipedia)Distribution and habitat, range (bhutan)
Quote, Distribution and habitat, range (bhutan)
The chital ranges over 8–30°N in India, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka.

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Source Cymbidium goeringii (Wikipedia)Lead
Quote, Lead
is a species of terrestrial orchid native to Asia including Bhutan, China, north-western India, Japan, and Korea

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Source Gaur (Wikipedia)Distribution and habitat, where it lives
Quote, Distribution and habitat, where it lives
The populations in India, Bhutan and Bangladesh are estimated to comprise 23,000–34,000 individuals.

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Source Gayal (Wikipedia)Distribution and habitat, where it lives
Quote, Distribution and habitat, where it lives
Gayal occur on the southern slopes of the Eastern Himalayas in Northeast India, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Bhutan and in Yunnan, China at elevations of 300 to 5,000 m (980 to 16,400 ft) and temperature ranges from 20 to 30 °C (68 to 86 °F).

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Source Gee's golden langur (Wikipedia)Lead, living or extinct
Quote, Lead, living or extinct
is an Old World monkey found in a small region of Western Assam, India and the neighboring foothills of the Black Mountains of Bhutan

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Source Himalayan field rat (Wikipedia)Lead, range
Quote, Lead, range
It has a wide range, being found in India, Bangladesh, Nepal, Bhutan, China, Myanmar, Laos, Thailand, and Vietnam

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Source Himalayan goral (Wikipedia)Distribution and habitat
Quote, Distribution and habitat
The Himalayan goral occurs in the Himalayas from Chitral District and the Gilgit-Baltistan region in Pakistan to Nepal, Bhutan and southern Tibet, to Sikkim and Arunachal Pradesh in India, to possibly western Myanmar.

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Source Himalayan marmot (Wikipedia)Distribution and habitat
Quote, Distribution and habitat
in northeastern Pakistan, northern India, Nepal, Bhutan and China.

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Source Himalayan striped squirrel (Wikipedia)Habitation and distribution, where it lives
Quote, Habitation and distribution, where it lives
in Bhutan, Cambodia, China, India, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, and Vietnam

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Source Himalayan tahr (Wikipedia)Lead, living or extinct
Quote, Lead, living or extinct
The Himalayan tahr (Hemitragus jemlahicus) is a large even-toed ungulate native to the Himalayas in southern Tibet, northern India, western Bhutan and Nepal.

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Source Hodgson's giant flying squirrel (Wikipedia)Distribution and habitat
Quote, Distribution and habitat
is native to the Himalayan region where found in Nepal, Bhutan, southern Xizang (Tibet) in China, and the Indian states of Sikkim

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Source Indian flying fox (Wikipedia)Distribution, Bhutan
Quote, Distribution, Bhutan
The Indian flying fox is found across the Indian subcontinent, including in Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Tibet, the Maldives, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka.

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Source Indian hog deer (Wikipedia)Distribution and habitat, range (bhutan)
Quote, Distribution and habitat, range (bhutan)
occurs in the Indus River valley in Pakistan, in northern India, Nepal, southern Bhutan, Bangladesh, Myanmar China's Yunnan Province

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Source Large Indian civet (Wikipedia)Distribution and habitat
Quote, Distribution and habitat
The large Indian civet ranges from Nepal, northeast India, Bhutan, Bangladesh to Myanmar, Thailand, the Malay Peninsula and Singapore to Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam and China.

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Source Leschenault's rousette (Wikipedia)Distribution, Bhutan
Quote, Distribution, Bhutan
Leschenault's rousette is found in southern Asia where it occurs in Pakistan, India, Nepal, Bhutan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam, southern China (including Macau and Hong Kong), Peninsular Malaysia, and Sumatra, Java, Bali and the Mentawai Islands in Indonesia.

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Source Lilium nepalense (Wikipedia)Lead
Quote, Lead
northern Thailand, northern Myanmar, Assam, Bhutan, Sikkim, Nepal, Uttarakhand, Tibet, and Yunnan

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Source Masked palm civet (Wikipedia)Distribution and habitat, where it lives
Quote, Distribution and habitat, where it lives
The masked palm civet is distributed from the northern parts of the Indian subcontinent, especially the Himalayas, ranging eastwards across Bhutan, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam to China, Borneo, Sumatra, Taiwan, and the Andaman and Nicobar islands.

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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_km2
    38,395
  • Infobox, 2021 estimate
    777,486
  • Infobox: established_date3
    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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3. CIA World Factbook (factbook.json archive): The World Factbook archive: Bhutan
CIA World Factbook (factbook.json archive)
  • Geography, Coastline
    0 km (landlocked)
  • Government, Government type
    constitutional monarchy
  • Borders: China, Geography, Land boundaries, border countries
    China 477 km
  • Borders: India, Geography, Land boundaries, border countries
    India 659 km
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4. World Bank Open Data: World Bank Open Data, country list with income level
World Bank Open DataCountry record BTN, incomeLevel
Quote, Country record BTN, incomeLevel
"name": "Bhutan", "region": { "id": "SAS", "iso2code": "8S", "value": "South Asia" }, "adminregion": { "id": "SAS", "iso2code": "8S", "value": "South Asia" }, "incomeLevel": { "id": "LMC", "iso2code": "XN", "value": "Lower middle income" }
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Wikidata: Bhutan
Wikidata Q917, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source
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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