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Bhutan COUNTRY PROFILE: BHUTAN
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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
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