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1990-MAY-22

BHUTAN  INDIA 
  
(Thimphu a + Paro s) - (New Delhi a + Simla s + Bolarum w) -

Kingdom of BHUTAN

Flag or logo since 1972-06-08*
Druk Gyal-Khab : DRUK-YUL : འབྲུག་རྒྱལ་ཁབ་ : འབྲུག་ཡུལ་ (dz) + Kingdom of BHUTAN (en) UNO Member
Emblem or Symbol*

King Jigme Singye Wangchuk
(ruler of BHUTAN since 1972-07-21)
President Ramaswamy Venkataraman
(ruler of INDIA since 1987-07-25)
 
 
 
 
Capitals & administrative places*: Thimphu a + Paro s
(Thimphu + Paro)
a administrative, national or political capital (also ruler's residence)
r summer capital
Official & national languages: Dzongkha (dz) . English (en) .

Mainland:


BHUTAN Kingdom of BHUTAN  (Thimphu + Paro)

4 Divisions:

DZONG WESTERN Zone  (Thimphu)Local: DZONG Dzongdey : ལྟེ་བ (dz)  (Thimphu)
LHO-MTSHAMS SOUTHERN Zone  (Geylegphug)Local: LHO-MTSHAMS Dzongdey : ལྷོ (dz)  (Geylegphug)
SHARCHOPS EASTERN Zone  (Mongar)Local: SHAR PHYOGS Dzongdey : ཤར (dz)  (Mongar)
ZHUNG CENTRAL Zone  (Damphu)Local: ZHUNG Dzongdey : ´ནུབ (dz)  (Damphu)





30 Organisations or Groupings membership (selective)


ASIAN BANK Asian Development Bank : ADB  (Mandaluyong City)
COLOMBO PLAN Colombo Plan for Co-operative Economic and Social Development in Asia and the Pacific : CESDAP  (Colombo)
FAO Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations : FAO Specialized Agency  (Rome)
GROUP OF SEVENTY-SEVEN GROUP OF SEVENTY-SEVEN at the United Nations [Coalition of Developing Countries]  (New York)
IBRD International Bank for Reconstruction and Development : IBRD  (Washington-District of Columbia)
ICAO International Civil Aviation Organization : ICAO Specialized Agency  (Montreal)
ICJ International Court of Justice : ICJ  (The Hague)
IFAD International Fund for Agricultural Development : IFAD Specialized Agency  (Rome)
IMF International Monetary Fund : IMF Specialized Agency  (Washington-District of Columbia)
ITU International Telecommunication Union : ITU Specialized Agency  (Geneva)
MAHAYANA BUDDHISM Teaching of the Great Vehicle Buddhism : MAHAYANA Buddhism  (Nara + Kyoto)
NON-ALIGNED Non-Aligned Movement : NAM  (Belgrade + New York)
NUCLEAR NON-PROLIFERATION Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty : NPT  (New York)
OLYMPIC GAMES International Olympic Committee : IOC  (Lausanne)
SOUTH ASIA South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation : SAARC  (Kathmandu)
UN-HABITAT United Nations Human Settlements Programme : UN-HABITAT Specialized Agency  (Nairobi)
UNCTAD United Nations Conference on Trade and Development : UNCTAD  (Geneva)
UNDP United Nations Development Programme : UNDP Specialized Agency  (New York)
UNEP United Nations Environmental Programme : UNEP Specialized Agency  (Nairobi)
UNESCO United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization : UNESCO Specialized Agency  (Paris)
UNHCR United Nations High Commission for Refugees : UNHCR Agency  (Geneva)
UNICEF United Nations International Children´s Emergency Fund : UNICEF Specialized Agency  (New York)
UNIDIR United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research : UNIDIR Specialized Agency  (Geneva)
UNIDO United Nations Industrial Development Organization : UNIDO Specialized Agency  (Vienna)
UNIFEM United Nations Development Fund for Women : UNIFEM  (New York)
UNITED NATIONS United Nations Organization : UNO  (New York)
UPEACE University for Peace : UPEACE  (Ciudad Colon)
UPU Universal Postal Union : UPU Specialized Agency  (Berne)
WFP World Food Programme : WFP  (Rome)
WHO World Health Organization : WHO Specialized Agency  (Pregny-Chambesy)

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