26 July 2021 | Author/Destination: Asia / Asien | Rubric: General , Theme Weeks , UNESCO World Heritage
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Rice terraces – Eli Shany/cc-by-sa-3.0
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Bhutan, officially known as the Kingdom of Bhutan, is a
landlocked country in the
Eastern Himalayas . It is bordered by
Tibet to the north and
India to the south.
Nepal and
Bangladesh are located in proximity to Bhutan but do not share a land border. The country has a population of over 754,000 and a territory of 38,394 square kilometers (14,824 sq mi) which ranks
133rd in terms of land area, and
160th in population. Bhutan is a
constitutional monarchy with
Vajrayana Buddhism as the
state religion .
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5 June 2013 | Author/Destination: Asia / Asien | Rubric: General
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“Gross National Happiness is more important than Gross National Product” by Jigme Singye Wangchuck, king of Bhutan. Slogan on a wall in Thimphu’s School of Traditional Arts. Photo: Mario Biondi
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The assessment of
gross national happiness (GNH) was designed in an attempt to define an indicator that measures quality of life or social progress in more holistic and psychological terms than only the economic indicator of
gross domestic product (GDP) .
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