Bhutan

Figure 13. Bhutan: Administrative Divisions, 1991

COUNTRY

Formal Name: Kingdom of Bhutan (Drukyul, literally, Land of the Thunder Dragon).

Short Form: Bhutan.

Term for Citizens: Bhutanese.

Capital: Thimphu.

Date of Independence: August 8, 1949, from India in foreign relations matters; internal sovereignty never subsumed during British colonial era.

National Holiday: December 17, National Day, when Ugyen Wangchuck became first hereditary king.

Data as of September 1991