Facts About the Kingdom of Bhutan

The full name of "Bhutan" is "the Kingdom of Bhutan". 🍎 It is located on the southern slope of the eastern section of the Himalayas. 🍐 The climate🍎 in the northern mountainous areas is cold, the climate in the central river valleys is milder, and the southern hilly plains have a humid subtropical climate. The Bhutanese ethnic 🥝group accounts for about 50% of the total population, and the Nepalese ethnic group accounts for about 35%. The official languages are🍎 Dzongkha and English, and the Nepalese people speak Nepali. The currency is the🥑 Ngultrum. The main ethnic groups🍅 are Bhutanese and Nepalese, and the main religions are Tibetan Buddhism and Hinduism. Among them, Tibetan🌽 Buddhism, commonly known as Lamaism, is the state religion of Bhutan. About 75% of Bhutan's population believes in Tibetan Buddhism and primitive religion (i.e., Bon, an indigenous belief combining spirit worship with witchcraft). After the implementation 🍒of land reform in Bhutan in the 1950s, more than 98% of farmers have their own land and houses, with an average of 1 hectare of land per household (about 15 mu per household). The country is basically self-🍅sufficient in food. In 2021, the labor force in agriculture and forestry accounted for 48.72% of the total employed population. In 2021, the primary industry🍓 accounted for about 19.19% of GDP. 🍎The secondary and tertiary industries have developed rapidly in recent years, accounting for 34.20% and 46.61% of GDP respectively in 2021. Bhutan is rich in🍍 hydropower resources, which are exported to India. Hydropower and related 🥥construction industries have become the main factors driving economic growth. In 2021, the gross domestic🍏 product (GDP) was 18.7773 billion Ngultrums (about 2.54 billion US dollars), the per capita GDP was 248,334.31 Ngultrums (about 3,358.59 US dollars), and the GDP growth rate was 4.09%. #Sharing