Bhutan

Bhutan Information

Geography

Geography

Bhutan is a landlocked country wedged between the autonomous region of Tibet, China, in the north and India in the south along the lofty mountains of the eastern Himalayas. It is located between 88°45'and 92°10' longitude east and between 26°40' and 28°15' latitude north. It covers 46,500 square kilometers and has population of 650,000 with seventy five percent of the population living on cultivation and livestock rearing.

The country can be divided into three major geographic zones: the southern foothills and plains with hot and humid climate, the hills and valleys in the center with moderate rainfall and the highland of the north with high mountains covered with snow almost through out the year.
Bhutan is the land of complex gorges and valleys, soaring snow-peaked mountains and steep slopes, humid jungles and foothills, magnificent lakes and waterfalls, fast flowing rivers and streams and the richest biodiversity of flora and fauna.

Bhutan Information
Bhutan (Bhutan General Information) is a tiny and a land-locked country
Bhutan is a landlocked country wedged between the autonomous region
Mystery surrounds Bhutan's distant past, as priceless irretrievable documents
Bhutan is the only country in the world to retain the Tantric form of Mahayana Buddhism
The annual festival is called ‘Tshechu’. It is one of the most exciting experiences
Bhutan has about 72% of its area under forest cover. Over 5000 species
The national language of Bhutan is Dzongkha, which is widely spoken in western region.
The staple food of Bhutanese is rice and vegetables with abundant chillies.
The Royal Government of Bhutan recognizes that tourism is a world-wide phenomenon
While urban settlements have sprung up with the process of modernization,