Bhutan

Bhutan

Bhutan ranks 165th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind The Gambia, French Guiana, and Oman. Memorable people born in present day Bhutan include Ugyen Wangchuck, Jigme Dorji Wangchuck, and Jigme Singye Wangchuck. Memorable people who died in Bhutan include Ugyen Wangchuck, and Ngawang Namgyal. Bhutan has been the birth place of many politicians, and soccer players and the death place of many politicians.

Bhutan, officially the Kingdom of Bhutan, is a landlocked country in South Asia situated in the Eastern Himalayas between China in the north and India in the south, with the Indian state of Sikkim separating it from neighbouring Nepal. With a population of over 727,145 and a territory of 38,394 square kilometres (14,824 sq mi), Bhutan ranks 133rd in land area and 160th in population. Bhutan is a constitutional monarchy with a Druk Gyalpo (king) as the head of state and a prime minister as the head of government. The Je Khenpo is the head of the state religion, Vajrayana Buddhism. Read more on Wikipedia