Abstract
State in the eastern Himalaya, between 26° 45′ and 28° N. lat., and between 89° and 92° E. long., bordered on the north and east by Tibet, on the west by the Tibetan district of Chumbi and by Sikkim, and on the south by West Bengal and Assam. Extreme length from east to west 190 miles; extreme breadth 90 miles. Area about 18,000 square miles; population estimated at 300,000. The capital is Bumthang.
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Steinberg, S.H. (1952). Bhután. In: Steinberg, S.H. (eds) The Statesman’s Year-Book. The Statesman’s Yearbook. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230270817_11
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