- Official name
- Kingdom of Bhutan འབྲུག་རྒྱལ་ཁབ་ · Dzongkha
- Capital
- Thimphu
- Region
- Southern Asia
- Population (2018 est.)
- ≈ 754,000
- Area
- 38,394 km²
- Currency
- Bhutanese ngultrum (BTN), Indian rupee (INR)
- Neighbours
- China, India
- Internet / phone
- .bt · +975
Where it is
Notable facts
- Bhutan measures progress by Gross National Happiness alongside economic output.
- It is carbon negative: its forests absorb more CO₂ than the country emits, and the constitution requires at least 60% forest cover.
- Television and the internet were only legalised in 1999.
- Tobacco sales were banned nationwide for years, and Bhutan has never been colonised.
National dish
Ema datshiཨེ་མ་དར་ཚིལ Whole green or dried red chillies stewed into melted farmer cheese, eaten with red rice.
The chillies are the vegetable rather than the seasoning, which is unusual enough to be the point.