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 Bhutan 
 Main prefix
 A5 
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 Time zone
 +6 h 
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 Asia 
 ITU zone
 41 
 CQ zone
 22 
 
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 Flag description 
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.
 
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 Bhutan 
 Capital: 
Thimphu
 Administrative
 divisions: 
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)
 
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