| Total Area |
38,394 square kilometers |
| Geography |
Landlocked between China (Tibet) and India |
| Altitude |
100m above sea level in the South to over 7,500 m. above sea leve in the North. |
| Population |
646,851 (2006) |
| Language |
Bhutan’s official language is Dzongkha while English is widely spoken |
| Religion |
Mahayana Buddhism in its Tantric form |
| Capital |
Thimphu |
| Political System |
Democratic Constitutional Monarchy |
| Time |
6 hours ahead of Greenwich Mean Time |
| Currency |
Ngultrum (at par with Indian rupee) 1US$ = Nu.38.75 (Jan, 2008) |
| Terrain |
It can be divided into three major parts:Geographic regions from North to South; the high Himalayas of North, the hills and valleys of the central and the foothills and plains of the South. |
| Forest coverage |
72.5% of the land area |
| Cultivated area |
7.8% of total land |
| Altitude |
100 m above sea level in the south to over 7,500 m above sea level in the north |
| Longitude |
88 45’ – 92 10’ East |
| Latitude |
26 45’ – 28 15’ North |
| Life expectancy |
66 yrs |
| Local time |
6 hrs ahead of GMT and half an hour ahead of Indian Standard Time |
