Divided diagonally from the lower hoist side corner; the upper triangle is yellow and the lower triangle is orange; centered along the dividing line is a large black and white dragon facing away from the hoist side.
18 districts (dzongkhag, singular and plural): Bumthang, Chhukha, Chirang, Dagana, Geylegphug, Ha, Lhuntshi, Mongar, Paro, Pemagatsel, Punakha, Samchi, Samdrup Jongkhar, Shemgang, Tashigang, Thimphu, Tongsa, and Wangdi Phodrang. There may be two new districts named Gasa and Yangtse.
Population:
2,327,849 (July 2007 est.) other estimates range as low as 810,000
Languages:
Dzongkha (official), Bhotes speak various Tibetan dialects, Nepalese speak various Nepalese dialects
Geographic coordinates:
27° 30' N, 90° 30' E
Area total:
47,000 sq. km
Land area:
47,000 sq. km
Water area:
0 sq. km
Total land boundaries:
1,075 km
Borders with neighbor countries:
China 470 km, India 605 km
Coastline:
0 km (landlocked)
Elevation extremes:
Drangme Chhu 97 m - Kula Kangri 7,553 m
Internet country code:
.bt
Currency:
ngultrum (BTN), Indian rupee (INR)
Name - conventional long form:
Kingdom of Bhutan
Name - conventional short form:
Bhutan
Independence:
8 August 1949 (from India)
Constitution:
no written constitution or bill of rights Bhutan uses 1953 Royal decree for the Constitution of the National Assembly, on 7 July 1998, a Royal edict was ratified giving the National Assembly additional powers
Government type:
monarchy, special treaty relationship with India
National holiday:
National Day (Ugyen WANGCHUCK became first hereditary king), 17 December (1907)