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Bhutan vs. Jigme Dorji Wangchuck

Bhutan, officially the Kingdom of Bhutan (Druk Gyal Khap), is a landlocked country in South Asia. Jigme Dorji Wangchuck (Wylie: 'jigs med rdo rje dbang phyug; 2 May 1929 – 21 July 1972) was the Druk Gyalpo of Bhutan.

Buddhism

Buddhism is the world's fourth-largest religion with over 520 million followers, or over 7% of the global population, known as Buddhists.

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Culture of Bhutan

Cradled in the folds of the Himalayas, Bhutan has relied on its geographical isolation to protect itself from outside cultural influences.

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Druk Gyalpo

The Druk Gyalpo (lit. "Dragon King" or the King of Bhutan) is the head of state of the Kingdom of Bhutan.

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House of Wangchuck

The House of Wangchuck has ruled Bhutan since it was reunified in 1907.

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Jigme Dorji National Park

The Jigme Dorji National Park (JDNP), named after the late Jigme Dorji Wangchuck, is the second-largest National Park of Bhutan.

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Jigme Singye Wangchuck

Jigme Singye Wangchuck (-->born 11 November 1955) is the former King of Bhutan (Druk Gyalpo) from 1972 until his abdication in favour of his eldest son, Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck, in 2006.

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List of rulers of Bhutan

Bhutan was founded and unified as a country by Ngawang Namgyal, 1st Zhabdrung Rinpoche in the mid–17th century.

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National Assembly (Bhutan)

The National Assembly is the elected lower house of Bhutan's new bicameral Parliament which also comprises the Druk Gyalpo (Dragon King) and the National Council.

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Paro District

Paro District (Dzongkha: སྤ་རོ་རྫོང་ཁག་; Wylie: Spa-ro rdzong-khag) is a district (dzongkhag), valley, river and town (population 20,000) in Bhutan.

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Paro, Bhutan

Paro (སྤ་རོ་) is a town and seat of Paro District, in the Paro Valley of Bhutan.

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Punakha

Punakha (སྤུ་ན་ཁ་) is the administrative centre of Punakha dzongkhag, one of the 20 districts of Bhutan.

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Royal Bhutan Army

The Royal Bhutan Army (བསྟན་སྲུང་དམག་སྡེ་), or RBA, is a branch of the armed forces of the Kingdom of Bhutan responsible for maintaining the country's territorial integrity and sovereignty against security threats.

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Thimphu

Thimphu (ཐིམ་ཕུ; formerly spelled as Thimbu or Thimpu) is the capital and largest city of the Kingdom of Bhutan.

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Thimphu District

Thimphu District (Dzongkha: ཐིམ་ཕུ་རྫོང་ཁག་; Wylie: Thim-phu rdzong-khag) is a dzongkhag (district) of Bhutan.

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Trongsa

Trongsa, previously Tongsa, is a Thromde or town, and the capital of Trongsa District in central Bhutan.

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Ugyen Wangchuck

Gongsar Ugyen Wangchuck (ཨོ་རྒྱན་དབང་ཕྱུག,, 11 June 1862 – 26 August 1926) was the first Druk Gyalpo (King of Bhutan) from 1907–1926.

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United Nations

The United Nations (UN) is an intergovernmental organization tasked to promote international cooperation and to create and maintain international order.

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Wangdue Phodrang

Wangdue Phodrang (Dzongkha 'Wangdi Phodr'a) is a town and capital (dzongkhag thromde) of Wangdue Phodrang District in central Bhutan.

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