Jeebit Maharjan

Where is Bhutan ?

Bhutan is the last Himalayan Kingdom where Mahayana Buddhism is the official religion of the majority of people with a small percentage of Hinduism.  Bhutan is a landlocked country with an area of 38,394 km2. It has an east-west dimension stretching around 300 km and north-south dimensions around 170 km maximum. Located in the eastern Himalayan range it is mostly mountainous. It shares a 470 km long border with Tibet (China present) in the north and India to the rest. This small country is a journey in the mountains and valleys from an average altitude of 160 m above MSL in the south to snowcapped peaks above 7000m  in the north.