A Few Facts:
Total Area: 38,394 square kilometers; Bhutan is approx. 300km from East to West and 150km from North to South
Location: Landlocked between China and India
Altitude: Bhutan raises from 300m of altitude along the Indian border to the peaks of the Eastern Himalayas along the Chinese border with elevations above 6500m up to Gangkhar Puensum, the highest unclimbed mountain in the world at 7570m and the 40th highest mountain in the world
Population: 777,224 (2024)
Language: Dzongkha is the national language, but English, Nepali and Sharchopa are widely spoken. Choekey, the classical language of religious texts, is taught in monastic schools
Political System: Constitutional Monarchy
State Religion: Drukpa Karju school of Mahayana Buddhism
Capital: Thimphu; with around 200,000 inhabitants, it is the biggest town
Local Time: GMT+6 (no DST)
Terrain: Himalayan high lands of the North, deep valleys in the centre and East, and the foothills of the south at altitude of less than 1500m
Longitude: 26 45’ - 28 15’ North
National Tree: Cypress
National Flower: Blue Poppy
National Bird: Raven
National Sport: Archery
National Animal: Takin
National Day: 17 December
Country code: + 975