IBhutan </img>  ; ), ngokusemthethweni uBukumkani baseBhutan, [1] lilizwe elivaliweyo ekuMazantsi eAsia, elikwiMpuma yeHimalayas, phakathi kweTshayina emantla neIndiya emazantsi. Ilizwe elineentaba, iBhutan yaziwa ekuhlaleni njenge "Druk Yul" okanye "Umhlaba weNdudumo yeNdudumo", igama elibonisa inkcubeko yelifa lelizwe . Igama elithi Bhutan kusenokwenzeka ukuba lisuka kwigama elingumxube wePrakrit elithi Bhŏṭṭaṃta, igama elibhekisa kwindawo ekufutshane neTibet. [2] INepal neBangladesh zikufuphi neBhutan kodwa azabelani ngomda nayo. Eli lizwe linabemi abangaphezu kwama-727,145 [3] kunye nommandla 38,394 square kilometres (14,824 sq mi) kwaye ibeka indawo ye-133 ngokomhlaba kunye ne-160 kubemi. I-Bhutan yinkosi yomgaqo-siseko kunye nokumkani ( Druk Gyalpo ) njengentloko yelizwe kunye nenkulumbuso njengentloko karhulumente. I-Vajrayana Buddhism yinkolo yaseburhulumenteni kwaye uJe Khenpo yintloko yenkolo yelizwe.

Iintaba zeHimalayan ezikumantla ziphuma kumathafa ashinyeneyo elizwe asemazantsi. [4] Kwiintaba ze-Himalaya zaseBhutan, kukho iincopho ezingaphezulu kwe ngaphezu komphakamo wolwandle . IGangkhar Puensum yeyona ntaba iphakamileyo yaseBhutan kwaye yeyona ntaba iphakamileyo emhlabeni. Izilwanyana zasendle zaseBhutan ziphawuleka ngokwahlukana kwazo, [5] kuquka i- Himalayan takin kunye ne- golden langur . Ikomkhulu kunye nesixeko esikhulu kunazo zonke Thimphu, ebambe kufutshane ne-1/7th yabemi.

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  3. "World Population Prospects – Population Division – United Nations" population.un.org archived from the original on 20 May 2020 retrieved 2021-01-02  Unknown parameter |url-status= ignored (help)
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  5. "Flora and Fauna of Bhutan – Rich Biodiversity of the Himalayan Kingdom" Holidify.com archived from the original on 18 May 2021 retrieved 2021-05-18  Unknown parameter |url-status= ignored (help)