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| native_name=<big style="font-size: 120%;>འབྲུག་རྒྱལ་ཁབ་</big> '' 'Brug Rgyal-khab'' ([[Wylie transliteration|Wylie]]) ''Dru Gäkhap''
| conventional_long_name=Kingdom of Bhutan
| common_name=Bhutan
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| national_anthem=''[[Druk tsendhen|Druk Tsendhen]]''
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| capital=[[Thimphu]]
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| largest_city=capital
| official_languages=[[Dzongkha]]
| recognized_languages=None
| demonym=Bhutanese
| government_type=[[Unitary state|Unitary]] [[parliamentary democracy]] and [[Constitutional monarchy]]
| leader_title1=[[King of Bhutan|King]]
| leader_name1=[[Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck]]<ref name="DM">{{cite web|last=Stern|first=Carly|title=He's getting so big! Dragon King and Queen of Bhutan take the six-month-old Prince out for official royal visit to his mother's ancestral home Read more: www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-3734754/Dragon-King-Queen-Bhutan-six-month-old-Prince-official-royal-visit-mother-s-ancestral-home.html#ixzz4OYCDysSi Follow us: @MailOnline on Twitter |url=http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-3734754/Dragon-King-Queen-Bhutan-six-month-old-Prince-official-royal-visit-mother-s-ancestral-home.html |publisher= Daily Mail |accessdate=30 October 2016 |date= 11 August 2016}}</ref>
| leader_title2=[[Prime Minister of Bhutan|Prime Minister]]
| leader_name2=[[Lotay Tshering]]
| sovereignty_type=[[History of Bhutan|Formation]]
| sovereignty_note=Early 17th century
| established_event1=Wangchuk Dynasty
| established_date1=17 December 1907
| established_event2=[[Constitutional Monarchy]]
| established_date2=2007
| area_rank=135th
| area_km2=38,394
| area_sq_mi=14,824 
| area_footnote=
| percent_water=1.1
| population_estimate=708,427{{sfn|CIA—The World Factbook}}
| population_estimate_rank=165th
| population_estimate_year=2011
| population_census=634,982<ref name=census>{{cite web|url=http://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic/meetings/wshops/Thailand_15Oct07/docs/Countries_presentations/Bhutan_Results.ppt |title=Population and Housing Census of Bhutan — 2005 |format=PPT |publisher=[[UN]] |year=2005|accessdate=2010-01-05}}</ref>
| population_census_year=2005
| population_density_km2=18.0 
| population_density_sq_mi=46.6 
| population_density_rank=154th
| GDP_PPP=$3.875 billion<ref name=imf2>{{cite web|url=http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/weo/2011/01/weodata/weorept.aspx?pr.x=66&pr.y=17&sy=2008&ey=2011&scsm=1&ssd=1&sort=country&ds=.&br=1&c=514&s=NGDPD%2CNGDPDPC%2CPPPGDP%2CPPPPC%2CLP&grp=0&a= |title=Bhutan |publisher=International Monetary Fund |accessdate=2011-04-20}}</ref>
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| GDP_PPP_year=2010
| GDP_PPP_per_capita=$5,429<ref name=imf2 />
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| GDP_nominal_year=2010
| GDP_nominal_per_capita=$1,978<ref name=imf2 />
| GDP_nominal_per_capita_rank=
| HDI = 0.619
| HDI_change = increase
| HDI_ref =<ref name=UN>{{cite web|url=http://hdr.undp.org/en/media/HDR_2009_EN_Complete.pdf| format= PDF| title=Human Development Report 2009. Human development index trends: Table G |publisher=[[United Nations]]|year=2009 |accessdate=2009-10-05}}</ref>
| HDI_rank=132nd
| HDI_year=2007 
| currency=[[Ngultrum]]2
| currency_code=BTN
| time_zone=[[Bhutan Time|BTT]]
| utc_offset=+6
| time_zone_DST=not observed
| utc_offset_DST=+6
| drives_on=left
| cctld=[[.bt]]
| calling_code=975
| footnote1=The population of Bhutan had been estimated based on the reported figure of about 1 million in the 1970s when the country had joined the United Nations and precise statistics were lacking.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.unhchr.ch/tbs/doc.nsf/0/073f330f9a61c6b0c1256aca004f2ea8?OpenDocument|title=Treaty Bodies Database – Document – Summary Record – Bhutan|publisher=[[Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights]] (UNHCHR)|date=2001-06-05|accessdate=2009-04-23}}</ref> Thus using the annual increase rate of 2–3%, the most population estimates were around 2 million in the year 2000. A national census was carried out in 2005 and it turned out that, 672,425 people lived there. Consequently, United Nations Population Division had down-estimated the country's population in the 2006 revision<ref>{{cite web|url=http://esa.un.org/unpp|title=World Population Prospects|publisher=[[United Nations]]|year=2008|accessdate=2009-12-04}}</ref> for the whole period from 1950 to 2050.
| footnote2=The [[Indian rupee]] is also legal tender.
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'''Bhutan''' (officially called '''Kingdom of Bhutan''') is a small country in the [[Himalaya]] mountains of [[South Asia]]. It is ruled by King [[Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck]], who has been king since 2006. Bhutan was founded in 1644 by [[Shabdrung Ngawang Namgyel]]. The Bhutanese people are proud that they have always been an [[independent]] country. Bhutan's capital city is [[Thimphu]]. The official language is [[Dzongkha]].

About 700,000 people live in Bhutan. The people and government of Bhutan are proud of their culture which is based on [[Tibetan Buddhism]]. 97% of Bhutan's people are Buddhist.

Until 1974, Bhutan was closed to the outside world. Now people can visit the country, but only in small numbers. The only airport is in Paro district. The country is bordered on the south by the [[Republic of India]] and on the north by [[China]]. The Indian state of Sikkim separates Bhutan and [[Nepal]]. The main export of Bhutan is [[hydroelectricity]] which is sold to India. The [[economy]] of Bhutan is very small but is growing quickly. The currency is the [[Ngultrum]], which is pegged at par with the Indian [[rupee]].

Bhutan is the only carbon-neutral and carbon-negative country in the entire world.

== National symbols of Bhutan ==
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File:Sichuan Takin Juvenile 159.jpg|National animal of Bhutan
File:Corvus corax (NPS).jpg|National bird of Bhutan
File:CupressusCashmerianaSochi.JPG|National tree of Bhutan
File:Blue Poppy Meconopsis sp Pair 1000px.jpg|National flower of Bhutan
</gallery>

== Landscape ==
<gallery>
File:082 - Gangkar Puensum - 7,570m (Dochula pass) (4677022812).jpg|[[Gangkhar Puensum]], the highest mountain in Bhutan
File:Himalayan Landscape.jpg|The [[Subalpine zone|Subalpine]] landscape common in Bhutan
File:Himalayan peak from Bumthang.jpg|A Himalayan mountain seen from the town of Bumthang
File:Jigme Dorji National Park, Bhutan.JPG|[[Jigme Dorji National Park]]
File:HaaValley.jpg|The [[Haa District|Haa Valley]] in Western Bhutan
</gallery>

== Military ==
The Royal Bhutan Army is Bhutan's military service. It includes the Royal Bodyguard and the Royal Bhutan Police. Membership is voluntary, and the minimum age for recruitment is 18. The standing army numbers about 16,000 and is trained by the [[Indian Army]].<ref>{{cite web|first=Arun|last=Bhattacharjee|url=http://www.atimes.com/atimes/South_Asia/EL19Df04.html|title=Bhutan Army Sees Action at Last|publisher=Atimes.com|date=2003-12-19|accessdate=2009-04-23}}</ref> Being a [[landlocked country]], Bhutan has no navy. It also has no air force or army aviation corps. The Army relies on Eastern Air Command of the Indian Air Force for air assistance.

== Wildlife ==
[[File:Takin, Thimphu mini-zoo.jpg|thumb|The [[Takin]] is Bhutan's [[national animal]].]]
More than 770 species of bird and 5,400 species of plants are known to occur throughout the kingdom. Bhutan has a rich primate life with rare species such as the [[golden langur]].<ref>{{cite journal|last=Choudhury|first=A.U.|year=1990|title=Primates in Bhutan |journal=Oryx |volume=24 |page=125}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|last=Choudhury|first=A.U.|year=1992|title=Golden langur – Distribution Confusion|journal=Oryx|volume=26|pages=172–173}}</ref>

== Administrative divisions ==
Bhutan is divided into 20 districts. Locally these are named ''dzongkhags''. The districts are:
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[[Bumthang District|Bumthang]]
[[Chhukha District|Chhukha]]
[[Dagana District|Dagana]]
[[Gasa District|Gasa]]
[[Haa District|Haa]]
[[Lhuentse District|Lhuentse]]
[[Mongar District|Mongar]]
[[Paro District|Paro]]
[[Pema Gatshel District|Pema Gatshel]]
[[Punakha District|Punakha]]
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[[Samdrup Jongkhar District|Samdrup Jongkhar]]
[[Samtse District|Samtse]]
[[Sarpang District|Sarpang]]
[[Thimphu District|Thimphu]]
[[Trashigang District|Trashigang]]
[[Trashi Yangtse District|Trashi Yangtse]]
[[Trongsa District|Trongsa]]
[[Tsirang District|Tsirang]]
[[Wangdue Phodrang District|Wangdue Phodrang]]
[[Zhemgang District|Zhemgang]]
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===Cities===
The major cities of Bhutan are:
* [[Thimphu]], the largest city and capital of Bhutan
* [[Damphu, Tsirang|Damphu]], the administrative headquarters of [[Tsirang District]]
* [[Jakar]], the administrative headquarters of [[Bumthang District]] and the place where Buddhism entered Bhutan
* [[Mongar]], the eastern commercial hub of the country
* [[Paro, Bhutan|Paro]], site of the [[Paro Airport|international airport]]
* [[Phuentsholing]], Bhutan's commercial hub
* [[Punakha]], the old capital
* [[Samdrup Jongkhar]] The south eastern town on the border with India
* [[Trashigang]], administrative headquarters of [[Trashigang District]] the most populous district in the country
* [[Trongsa]], in central Bhutan which has the largest and the most magnificent of all the [[dzong]]s in Bhutan

== Sports ==
[[File:Bhutan archery.jpg|thumb|250px|[[Changlimithang Stadium]], during a parade.]]
Bhutan's national sport is [[archery]]. Competitions are held regularly in most villages. [[Cricket]] has gained popularity in Bhutan, particularly since the introduction of television channels from India. The [[Bhutan national cricket team]] is one of the more successful affiliate nations in the region. [[Association Football|Football]] is also an increasingly popular sport.

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