FACTS

Location: Southern Asia, between China and India

Area (only Total) total: 47,000 sq km

Climate: varies; tropical in southern plains; cool winters and hot summers in central valleys; severe winters and cool summers in Himalayas

Terrain: mostly mountainous with some fertile valleys and savanna

Population: 682,321

Main Language (only first): Dzongkha

Government type: in transition to constitutional monarchy; special treaty relationship with India

Capital (Name): Thimphu

Capital (Time Difference): UTC+6

Independence: 1907 (became a unified kingdom under its first hereditary king)

National holiday: National Day (Ugyen WANGCHUCK became first hereditary king), 17 December (1907)