Villages in Bhutan are made up of groups of individual settlements, grouped together by chiwog for election purposes. This list is based mainly on information...
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government-designated municipalities, see Thromde. For a list of villages, see List of villages in Bhutan. Ama Bachap Balfai Bali Barshong Beteni Bhangbarai...
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This is a list of cities and towns in Bhutan. Chhukha Daga Damphu Gasa Gelephu Ha Jakar Lhuntshi Mongar Paro Pemagatsel Phuntsholing Punakha Samtse Samdrup...
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minister of Bhutan (Lyonchen) is the head of government of Bhutan. The prime minister is nominated by the party that wins the most seats in the National...
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instead of Tibetan characters. Bhutan, officially the Kingdom of Bhutan, (Dzongkha: འབྲུག་རྒྱལ་ཁབ; Wylie: 'brug rgyal khab) is a landlocked country in South...
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Bhutan was founded and unified as a country by Ngawang Namgyal, 1st Zhabdrung Rinpoche in the mid–17th century. After his death in 1651, Bhutan nominally...
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monarch and head of state of the Kingdom of Bhutan. In the Dzongkha language, Bhutan is known as Drukyul which translates as "The Land of the Thunder Dragon"...
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The Kingdom of Bhutan is divided into 20 districts (Dzongkha: dzongkhags). Bhutan is located between the Tibet Autonomous Region of China and India on...
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The Government of Bhutan has been a constitutional monarchy since 18 July 2008. The King of Bhutan is the head of state. The executive power is exercised...
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In Bhutan, political parties need to be registered with Election Commission to contest National Assembly elections. Political parties can only contest...
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spiritual heritage of the nation. The official religion in Bhutan is Buddhism, which is practiced by 74.7% of the population;. The rest of the population...
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Bhutan has diplomatic relations with 56 of 193 member states of the United Nations and the European Union. Bhutan's limited number of such relations,...
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The Bhutan takin (Budorcas taxicolor whitei) is a subspecies of Takin native to Bhutan but also found in North Eastern India, Western part of China, and...
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administrative divisions of Bhutan below gewogs. Until 2009, they were the equivalent of municipalities or parishes, containing clusters of villages and hamlets....
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Tourism in Bhutan began in 1974, when the Government of Bhutan, in an effort to raise revenue and to promote Bhutanese unique culture and traditions to...
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and subsidiary lakes, out of which 25 pose a risk of GLOFs. There are also more than 59 natural non-glacial lakes in Bhutan, covering about 4,250 hectares...
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Bhutan has a low crime rate. Incidents of petty crime are occasionally reported in the country. Violent crime is very uncommon. Some cases of drug abuse...
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The economy of Bhutan is based on agriculture and forestry, which provide the main livelihood for more than 60% of the population. Agriculture consists...
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(Dzongkha: རྒེད་འོག geok, block), in the past also spelled as geog, is a group of villages in Bhutan. The head of a gewog is called a gup (རྒེད་པོ་ gepo)...
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ecoregion in its highest glacial elevations. Below is a list of ecoregions in Bhutan. Geography of Bhutan Valleys of Bhutan Glaciers of Bhutan "National...
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is a link page for cities, towns and villages in the Republic of Ireland, including townships or urban centres in Dublin, Cork, Limerick, Galway, Waterford...
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paintings in Bhutan are esoteric symbols, which have their origins in the Chimi Lhakhang monastery near Punakha, the former capital of Bhutan. The village monastery...
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The following is a list of rivers in Bhutan; all rivers in Bhutan ultimately drain to the Brahmaputra River in India. Jaldhaka River or Di Chu Amo Chhu...
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Transport in Bhutan uses about 8,000 kilometres (5,000 mi) of roads and four airports, three of which are operational and interconnected. Paro Airport...
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mountains of Bhutan are some of the most prominent natural geographic features of the kingdom. Located on the southern end of the Eastern Himalaya, Bhutan has...
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holidays in Bhutan consist of both national holidays and local festivals or tshechus. While national holidays are observed throughout Bhutan, tsechus...
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Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck (born 21 February 1980) is the King of Bhutan. His reign began in 2006 after his father Jigme Singye Wangchuck abdicated the throne...
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protected areas of Bhutan are its national parks, nature preserves, and wildlife sanctuaries. Most of these protected areas were first set aside in the 1960s...
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