| Bhutan |
Population: 2,257,000 (2003)
Capital: Thimphu
Area: 38,394 km²
language: Dzongkha and Nepali
Currency: Ngultrum (BTN)
Time: GMT
Budget: 200 US$ Per Day
Electricity:
Climate:
Capital: Thimphu
Area: 38,394 km²
language: Dzongkha and Nepali
Currency: Ngultrum (BTN)
Time: GMT
Budget: 200 US$ Per Day
Electricity:
Climate:
| Local time Bhutan |
| The daily budget is plus 200 US$ a day, see Visa section for more information, does not fit our budget. Early records suggest scattered clusters of inhabitants had already settled in Bhutan when the first recorded settlers arrived 1,400 years ago. Bhutan's indigenous population is the Drukpa. Three main ethnic groups, the Sharchops, Ngalops and the Lhotsampas (of Nepalese origin), make up today's Drukpa population. Bhutan's earliest residents, the Sharchops reside predominantly in eastern Bhutan. Their origin can be traced to the tribes of northern Burma and northeast India. The Ngalops migrated from the Tibetan plains and are the importers of Buddhism to the kingdom. Most of the Lhotsampas migrated to the southern plains in search of agricultural land and work in the early 20th century. |
| . Thimbu |
| . Phunchholing |
| . Paro |
| . Balu |
| . Donkar |
