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Formation Unification of Bhutan. December 1. 90. 78 August 1. September 1. 97. 11. July 2. 00. 8Area Total. Water 1. 1. Population 2. 12 Cesares Suetonio Pdf there. Dragon Quest 4 Iso Jesus' title='Dragon Quest 4 Iso Jesus' />Density. GDP PPP2. 01. 7 estimate Total7. Per capita8,7. 625 1. GDP nominal2. 01. Total2. 3. 08 billion5 Per capita2,8. Gini 2. 01. 23. HDI 2. Currency. NgultrumBTN and Indian rupeeINRTime zone. BTTUTC6not observed UTC6Drives on theleft. Calling code9. 75. ISO 3. 16. 6 code. BTInternet TLD. bt. The population of Bhutan had been estimated based on the reported figure of about 1 million in the 1. United Nations and precise statistics were lacking. Thus, using the annual increase rate of 23, the most population estimates were around 2 million in the year 2. A national census was carried out in 2. Consequently, United Nations Population Division reduced its estimation of the countrys population in the 2. Bhutan Druk Yul, officially the Kingdom of Bhutan Druk Gyal Khap,1. South Asia. Located in the Eastern Himalayas, it is bordered by Tibet Autonomous Region of China in the north, India in the south, the Sikkim state of India and the Chumbi Valley of Tibet in the west, and Arunachal Pradesh state of India in the east and Assam in the south. Bhutan is geopolitically in South Asia and is the regions second least populous nation after the Maldives. Thimphu is its capital and largest city, while Phuntsholing is its financial center. The independence of Bhutan has endured for centuries, and the territory was never colonized in its history. Situated on the ancient Silk Road between Tibet, the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia, the Bhutanese state developed a distinct national identity based on Buddhism. Headed by a spiritual leader known as the Zhabdrung Rinpoche, the territory was composed of many fiefdoms and governed as a Buddhist theocracy. Following a civil war in the 1. House of Wangchuck reunited the country and established relations with the British Empire. Bhutan fostered a strategic partnership with India during the rise of Chinese communism and has a disputed border with the Peoples Republic of China. In 2. 00. 8, it transitioned from an absolute monarchy to a constitutional monarchy and held the first election to the National Assembly of Bhutan, that has a two party system characterizing Bhutanese democracy. The countrys landscape ranges from lush subtropical plains in the south to the sub alpine Himalayan mountains in the north, where there are peaks in excess of 7,0. The highest mountain in Bhutan is the Gangkhar Puensum, which is also a strong candidate for the highest unclimbed mountain in the world. There is also diverse wildlife in Bhutan. In South Asia, Bhutan ranks first in economic freedom, ease of doing business, and peace second in per capita income and is the least corrupt country as of 2. However, Bhutan continues to be a least developed country. Hydroelectricity accounts for the major share of its exports. The government is a parliamentary democracy the head of state is the King of Bhutan, known as the Dragon King. Bhutan maintains diplomatic relations with 5. European Union, but does not have formal ties with the five permanent members of the United Nations Security Council. It is a member of the United Nations, SAARC, BIMSTEC and the Non Aligned Movement. The Royal Bhutan Army maintains extensive military relations with the Indian Armed Forces. Bhutan is also notable for pioneering the concept of gross national happiness. EtymologyeditThe precise etymology of Bhutan is unknown, although it is likely to derive from the Tibetanendonym Bod used for Tibet. Traditionally, it is taken to be a transcription of the Sanskrit. Bhoa anta end of Tibet, a reference to Bhutans position as the southern extremity of the Tibetan plateau and culture. Since the 1. 7th century the official name of Bhutan has been Druk yul country of the Drukpa Lineage, the Dragon People, or the Land of the Thunder Dragon, a reference to the countrys dominant Buddhist sect and Bhutan only appears in English language official correspondence. Names similar to Bhutan including Bohtan, Buhtan, Bottanthis, Bottan and Bottanter began to appear in Europe around the 1. Jean Baptiste Taverniers 1. Six Voyages is the first to record the name Boutan. However, in every case, these seem to have been describing not modern Bhutan but the Kingdom of Tibet. The modern distinction between the two did not begin until well into the Scottish explorer George Bogles 1. East India Company formally proposed labelling the Druk Desis kingdom as Boutan and the Panchen Lamas as Tibet. The EICs surveyor general James Rennell first anglicized the French name as Bootan and then popularized the distinction between it and greater Tibet. Locally, Bhutan has been known by many names. One of the earliest Western records of Bhutan, the 1. Relao of the Portuguese. Jesuits. Estvo Cacella and Joo Cabral, records its name variously as Cambirasi among the Koch Biharis1. Potente, and Mon an endonym for southern Tibet. The first time a separate Kingdom of Bhutan appeared on a western map, it did so under its local name as Broukpa. Others including Lho Mon Dark Southland, Lho Tsendenjong Southland of the Cypress, Lhomen Khazhi Southland of the Four Approaches and Lho Menjong Southland of the Herbs. Historyedit1. 77. Two of Rennells EIC maps, showing the division of Thibet or Bootan into separate regions. Stone tools, weapons, elephants, and remnants of large stone structures provide evidence that Bhutan was inhabited as early as 2. BC, although there are no existing records from that time. Historians have theorized that the state of Lhomon literally, southern darkness, or Monyul Dark Land, a reference to the Monpa, the aboriginal peoples of Bhutan may have existed between 5. BC and AD 6. 00. The names Lhomon Tsendenjong Sandalwood Country, and Lhomon Khashi, or Southern Mon country of four approaches, have been found in ancient Bhutanese and Tibetan chronicles. Buddhism was first introduced to Bhutan in the 7th century AD. Tibetan king Songtsn Gampo2. Buddhism, who actually had extended the Tibetan Empire into Sikkim and Bhutan,2. Buddhist temples, at Bumthang in central Bhutan and at Kyichu near Paro in the Paro Valley. Buddhism was propagated in earnest2. King Sindhu Rja also Knjom 2. Sendha Gyab Chakhar Gyalpo, an exiled Indian king who had established a government in Bumthang at Chakhar Gutho Palace. Much of early Bhutanese history is unclear because most of the records were destroyed when fire ravaged the ancient capital, Punakha, in 1. By the 1. 0th century, Bhutans political development was heavily influenced by its religious history. Various subsects of Buddhism emerged that were patronized by the various Mongol warlords. After the decline of the Yuan dynasty in the 1. Drukpa Lineage by the 1. A thrikhep throne cover from the 1. Throne covers were placed atop the temple cushions used by high lamas.