Il est situé dans l’est de la chaîne de l’Himalaya, enclavé entre l’Inde au sud, à l’est et à l’ouest, avec laquelle il partage 605 km de frontières terrestres, et la Chine (région autonome du Tibet) au nord avec 470 km de frontières.
La forme Bhoutan (ou Bhūtān), employée en Europe, est quant à elle issue du sanskrit °Bhoṭānka- « extrémité du Tibet » Taktshang, un monastère bhoutanais.
Bhoutan est le dernier pays du monde à avoir reçu la télévision, c'était en 1999.
Bhutan is the world's newest democracy, having held its first elections last year. The king, who was educated at Oxford, wants to forge new and strong economic ties.
He is also eager to protect its environment and has identified climate change as a major threat to mankind. The country has said it wants to become carbon neutral regardless of whether it receives outside assistance or not.
It's a country that rates its gross national happiness (not its GNP) very highly.
Archery is the national sport.
Knocking down a tree and killing fish are both illegal.
Only 10.000 tourists a year are allowed to visit
Smoking is illegal
Population is 635,000
20,000 of all Bhutanese are monks
Don't try and book your ticket yet; the new railway won't be ready for a few years.
La forme Bhoutan (ou Bhūtān), employée en Europe, est quant à elle issue du sanskrit °Bhoṭānka- « extrémité du Tibet » Taktshang, un monastère bhoutanais.
Bhoutan est le dernier pays du monde à avoir reçu la télévision, c'était en 1999.Bhutan is the world's newest democracy, having held its first elections last year. The king, who was educated at Oxford, wants to forge new and strong economic ties.
He is also eager to protect its environment and has identified climate change as a major threat to mankind. The country has said it wants to become carbon neutral regardless of whether it receives outside assistance or not.
It's a country that rates its gross national happiness (not its GNP) very highly.
Archery is the national sport.
Knocking down a tree and killing fish are both illegal.
Only 10.000 tourists a year are allowed to visit
Smoking is illegal
Population is 635,000
20,000 of all Bhutanese are monks
Don't try and book your ticket yet; the new railway won't be ready for a few years.
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