Basic information

| Attribute | Detail | | :--- | :--- | | **Official Name** | Kingdom of Bhutan | | **Common Name** | Bhutan | | **Native Name(s)** | Druk Yul (འབྲུག་ཡུལ་) | | **Nicknames** | Land of the Thunder Dragon | | **Motto** | _Data not readily available for this location._ | | **Geographic Level** | Country | | **Country** | Bhutan | | **State/Province** | 20 Dzongkhags (Districts) | | **Capital** | Thimphu | | **Government Type** | Unitary parliamentary constitutional monarchy | | **Date Founded** | 17th Century (Unified), 1907 (Monarchy established) | | **Time Zone** | Bhutan Time (BTT) (UTC+06:00) | | **Latitude** | 27.5142° N | | **Longitude** | 90.4336° E | | **Elevation** | Varies from 97 m (318 ft) to 7,570 m (24,836 ft) | | **Total Area** | 38,394 sq km (14,824 sq mi) | | **Population** | ~782,455 (2021 estimate) | | **Population Density** | ~20.4 per sq km (52.8 per sq mi) | | **ZIP/Postal Codes** | 5-digit postal code system | | **Area Codes** | +975 | | **Official Languages** | Dzongkha | | **Currency** | Bhutanese Ngultrum (BTN) / Indian Rupee (INR) | | **Demonym** | Bhutanese |