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Citizens here are HAPPY even though they are not developed countries! This is Bhutan...
do you know what? If in this world there is a country that pays attention to the happiness of its people, and is still in the Asian region. Yes, The country is a bhutan country, a country in south asia that even has its own ministry of happiness tasked with paying attention to the happiness of its people.
Bhutan is not a developed country, it is still categorized as a developing country. It is also not a country with very rich natural resources like indonesia for example, but this country is arguably quite serious in paying attention to its citizens.
It is evident that there is a survey that states that around 97% of bhuestry residents admit that their lives are happy.
More details about the country of bhutan, here is the article
The country of Bhutan, is a small country located in the region of South Asia. This country is a royal state, for which the official name of this country is the kingdom of bhutan. Locally, the country of bhutan is called by the name druk yul which means the country of dragons or the land of thunder dragons. That is why, we find the image of a dragon on the national flag and its national emblem.
Bhutan is one of the landlocked countries, the country is located on the slopes of the eastern himalayan mountains, between the country of china and india. The geographical structure of the forest consists mainly of steep and high mountains , which intersect with a network of rushing streams, thus forming deep valleys. The height of the land ranges from 200 to 7,000 meters above sea level.
The country has an area of 38, 394 square kilometers. If we compare this area with the area in Indonesia, the area is estimated to be the size of the area of the province of South Kalimantan, even still slightly smaller than the area of the province.
Thimphu city is the capital of the country of Bhutan, it is also the largest city and is the political center and economic center of the country, thimphu city has a dominant agricultural and livestock base, which accounts for about 45% of the total income of the country. The city is also home to most of the important political buildings of the buthan state, such as the national assembly and the royal palace.
In 2021, based on national annual projection data, the total population of the forested country was 756,129 people. the population itself consists of two main ethnic groups, namely, ngalops and sharchop, where each of these ethnic groups is called western bhutan and eastern bhutan.
According to population data it is estimated that about 75% of the population of bhutan is adherents of the vajrayana buddhism, which is also the official religion of the country. Meanwhile, Hinduism is the second largest religion in the forest with a percentage of its adherents around 22% of the population, while other religions account for about 1% of the population.
The people of Bhutan use dzongkhag as their national language, It is one of the 53 languages in the Tibetan language family, while English is used as the language of instruction in the Education system.
Bhutan is a royal state with a semi-constitutional monarchical system of government. Previously, bhutan politics took place within the framework of an absolute monarchy that later developed and became a constitutional monarchy.
In 1999, the 4th king of Bhutan created a 10-member body called the lhengye zhungtshog or council of ministers. The king of bhutan is the head of state, while executive power is exercised by lhengye zhungtshog.
In 2008, bhutan created its political history by introducing parliamentary democracy. In this new system there is a parliament consisting of the upper house and the lower house, where members of the lower house are affiliated with political parties. In the local language, the term king is called druk gyalpo which means dragon king.
Drik gyalpo is currently held by jigme khesar namgyel wangchuck, he ascended the throne in place of his father since 2006. Meanwhile, the current prime minister is held by lotay tshering, who has been in office since November 2018.
In the economic sector The bhutan economy is one of the smallest and least developed in the world, based on agriculture, forestry, tourism and sales of hydroelectric power plants to india Despite being one of the smallest in the world, the bhutan economy has grown rapidly by about 8% in 2005 and 14% in 2006. In 2012, the per capita income of bhutan was 2,420 us dollars which makes it the highest in south asia The standard of living of bhutan is also growing and is one of the best in south asia.
History of Bhutan The early history of the bhutanese state is filled with mythological stories and the evidence is still unclear. However, some structures provide evidence that the area has been inhabited since 2000 years BC.
Historians have theorized that the state of lhomon, or monyul already existed between 500 BC and 600 AD. The names lhomon tsendenjong, and lhomon khashi, or southern mon have been found in ancient bhutan and tibetan chronicles.
Locally, bhutan has been known by many names. The earliest western records of buthan in about the 17th century recorded the name of this country with various designations, such as, cambirasi, potente and mon.
Not much is known about the history of bhutan in the period before the introduction of tibetan buddhism around the 9th century AD, when the turmoil in tibet forced many monks to flee to bhutan.
The early history of bhutan is unclear, since most of the records about this country have been wiped out after fires swept through punakha, the ancient capital in 1827.
From the 10th century, the political development of bhutan was strongly influenced by its religious history. Various buddhist sects emerged who were protected by various mongol and tibetan emperors.
After the collapse of the mongols in the 14th century, the children of the sect competed with each other for supremacy in the political and religious landscape, and eventually gave rise to the rise of the drukpa sect's children in the late 16th century.
Until the 17th century, bhutan existed as a region of mutual war, until later in 1616, these territories were united by ngawang namgyal, who was an lama from western Tibet with the title zhabdrung rinpoche. He is also a military leader who has managed to stop 3 invasions of Tibet.
To defend the region from tibetan attacks, namgyal then built a network of dzong or impenetrable fortifications.
He also promulgated tsa yig, a code of laws that helped bring local rulers under centralized control. After the death of the namgyal in 1651, the bhutan fell into an atmosphere of internal conflict.
Taking advantage of the chaos, the Tibetans invaded the forest in 1710, and returned in 1730 with the help of the mongols. Both attacks were successfully thwarted, and an armistice treaty was signed in 1759.
In the 18th century, the bhutan invaded and occupied the koch kingdom of bihar on the territory of india. In 1772, the maharaja koch bihar appealed to the British East India company which then helped by expelling the bhutans and then counterattacking the bhutans in 1773. A peace treaty was signed between the Bhutan and the British East India Company in 1774.
Subsequent missions to bhutan were carried out by the British in 1776, 1777 and 1783 and trade was opened between british india and bhutan. The boundary dispute disrupted the relationship between Bhutanese and British. To reconcile their differences, the bhutan sent envoys to calcutta in 1787, and the British sent missions to thimphu in 1815 and 1838.
For most of the 19th century, bhutan was colored by a series of civil wars. Where governors of various regions compete for power and influence.
In 1885, a governor of the tongsa ugyen wangchuck region managed to consolidate power, he managed to defeat his political enemies and unite this country, and began to cultivate closer relations with the British in india.
In 1907, ugyen wangchuck was elected ruler of the heir to the forest, was crowned on 17 December 1907, and was sworn in as head of state, entitled druk gyalpo or dragon king.
In 1910, the king of ugyen and the British signed a punakha treaty stipulating that the English of India would not interfere in the internal affairs of the forest if the country received external advice in its foreign relations.
After india gained independence from the uk on august 15, 1947, bhutan became one of the first countries to recognize india's independence, and the new indian government recognized bhutan as an independent state.
In 1949, india and bhutan signed a peace and friendship treaty, which stated that it would not interfere in the internal affairs of the bhutan, but would guide its foreign policy.
In 1952, bhutan began to slowly emerge from its isolation and began a planned development program. The country officially became a member of the United Nations in 1971.
That's a little summary of the history of the country of bhutan, and to get to know more about this country, here are 22 facts about the country of bhutan.