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Druk Yul (nation) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 27 30 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 27.5000 decimal degrees |
| Long: 090 30 00 E degrees minutes |
Long: 90.5000 decimal degrees |
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Note: Inhabited by branch of Tibetian Mongolians, chiefly Bhuddist; Chinese domination 18th century; British relations ca. 1772, British invasion and parts annexed to India 1865; external affairs managed by Britain 1910, and in consultation with India after 1949; official language is Dzongkha (a Tibetan dialect), though Nepali, various dialects of Nepalese, and English are also spoken. |
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| Druk Yul (preferred,C,V,Dzongkha (transliterated)-P,U,N)
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| Druk Gyalkhap (C,V,O,Dzongkha (transliterated),U)
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| Druk-Yul (C,V,Dzongkha (transliterated),U,N)
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| Druk-yul (C,V,Dzongkha (transliterated),U,N)
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| Drukyuel (C,V,Dzongkha (transliterated),U)
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| Druk Gyekhap (C,V,Dzongkha (transliterated),U)
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| Bhutan (C,V,English-P,U,N)
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| Kingdom of Bhutan (C,V,English,U,N)
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| Bhutān (C,V,Spanish-P,U,N)
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| Reino de Bhután (C,V,Spanish,U)
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| Kingdom of Bhutān (C,V)
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| Bhoutan (C,O,French-P,U,N)
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| Royaume du Bhoutan (C,O,French,U,N)
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| Butã (C,O)
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| འབྲུག་ཡུལ་ (C,V,Dzongkha-P,U)
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| འབྲུག་གྷལ་ཁབ (C,V,Dzongkha,U)
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| Бутан (C,V,Russian-P,U)
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| Королевство Бутан (C,V,Russian,U)
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| 不丹 (C,V,Chinese-P,U)
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| 不丹王国 (C,V,Chinese,U)
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| بوتان (C,V,Arabic-P,U)
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| مم ىَة بوتان (C,V,Arabic,U)
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| BTN (C,O,ISO3L)
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| BT (C,O,ISO2L)
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| ISO064 (C,O,ISO3N)
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| BT00 (C,O,FIPS)
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| Bhutanese (C,O,English,U,A)
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Asia (continent) (P) |
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Asia (continent) (P) |
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member of UN since 1971 |
| primary political unit (C) |
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| independent nation (C) |
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in internal affairs, 1949 |
| kingdom (C) |
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by hereditary maharaja, 1907 |
| controlled region (H) |
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Chinese, 1720-1910; British, partially, 1772-1949 |
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Related geographic places: |
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| capital is .... |
Thimphu .......... (inhabited place) |
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(World, Asia, Druk Yul, Thimphu) [1065979] |
| member of .... |
United Nations .......... (organization) |
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(World) [7029605] |
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joined organization in 1971 |
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