Bhutan

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Codes and identifiers

ISO alpha-2
BT
ISO alpha-3
BTN
ISO numeric
064
FIPS 10-4
BT
GeoNames ID
1252634

Key facts

Capital
Thimphu
Area
47,000 km²
Population
754,394
Currency
Ngultrum (BTN)
Calling code
+975
Top-level domain
.bt
Official languages
dz

Continent

Name
Asia
Code
AS
In this dataset
51 countries

Asia in the country atlas

Location

Latitude
27.5
Longitude
90.5
Min latitude
26.696149394000102
Min longitude
88.73006677200004
Max latitude
28.358398930786237
Max longitude
92.08877648900011

Boundary

Bhutan

The API call behind this page

Request

curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" \
  "https://geosearch.dev/v1/countries/BT?fields=iso_code,iso3_code,name,capital,population,area_sq_km,currency_code,continent_code"

Response

{
  "data": {
    "area_sq_km": 47000,
    "capital": "Thimphu",
    "continent_code": "AS",
    "currency_code": "BTN",
    "iso3_code": "BTN",
    "iso_code": "BT",
    "name": "Bhutan",
    "population": 754394
  }
}

Formatted for reading. The API returns the same JSON on one line.

Other endpoints for this country

  • /v1/countries/BT/regions
  • /v1/cities?country=BT
  • /v1/postal-codes?country=BT
  • /v1/timezones?country=BT
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Name in other languages

Arabic
بوتان
Chinese
不丹
English
Bhutan
French
Bhoutan
German
Bhutan
Hindi
भूटान
Italian
Bhutan
Japanese
ブータン
Korean
부탄
Portuguese
Butão
Russian
Бутан
Spanish
Bután
Total language variants
165

The API returns any of them with ?lang=.

Time zones

IANA ID UTC offset DST offset
Asia/Thimphu UTC+06:00 UTC+06:00

First-level administrative regions

  • Thimphu Dzongkhag
  • Samtse Dzongkhag
  • Chhukha Dzongkhag
  • Paro Dzongkhag
  • Sarpang Dzongkhag
  • Trashigang Dzongkhag
  • Wangdue Phodrang Dzongkhag
  • Mongar Dzongkhag
  • Samdrup Jongkhar Dzongkhag
  • Punakha Dzongkhag
  • Dagana Dzongkhag
  • Pemagatshel Dzongkhag
  • Tsirang Dzongkhag
  • Trongsa Dzongkhag
  • Bumthang Dzongkhag
  • Zhemgang Dzongkhag
  • Trashi Yangste
  • Lhuentse Dzongkhag
  • Haa Dzongkhag
  • Gasa

20 of 20 shown, largest first

Largest cities

City Population
Thimphu 98,676
Phuntsholing 27,658
Tsirang 22,376
Punākha 21,500
Pemagatshel 13,864
Paro 11,448
Sarpang 10,416
Geylegphug 9,858
Samdrup Jongkhar 9,325
Wangdue Phodrang 8,954

Coverage in this dataset

Cities
253
First-level regions
20
Postal codes
0
Name languages
165
Boundary polygon
Yes

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