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Bhutan |
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Last reviewed: 27 October 2009 |
Country information
GEOGRAPHY
Bhutan is a landlocked country situated in the Himalayas between China and India. The terrain is mostly mountainous with some fertile valleys. The southern border with India is at an elevation of a few hundred feet. The northern border with China (Tibet) is at heights of over twenty thousand feet. The climate varies between tropical in the southern plains to cool winters and hot summers in the central valleys with severe winters and cool summers in the high Himalayas. In Dzongkha the name for Bhutan is ‘Drukyul’ meaning land of the Thunder Dragon; this name derives from the ‘Druk’ sect of Buddhism in the country, so named because when it was founded thunder was heard and said to be the roar of dragons in the sky.
