Facts of Bhutan
First published: Tuesday March 23rd, 2021
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1. Thunder Dragon is named after the fierce storms that whipped through the Himalayas!
2. Bhutan has the highest average elevation of any country in the world! Its followed closely by Nepal.
3. Bhutan is partly home to the tallest unclimbed mountain in the world! Gangkhar Puensum lies at 24840 Feet (or 7570 Meters)
4. Bhutan has the highest Capital city in Asia and the fourth-highest in the world!
5. dun dun dun! Bhutan is one of the Greenest countries in Asia, with over 70% of the country being covered in trees.
6. Bhutan is one of the very few countries that has no traffic lights! Somehow, collisions rates are rather low?
7. Similar to fact 5, Bhutan is the only Carbon Negative country in the world! that sounds bad, but it just means the country absorbs more CO2 than it produces!
8. Bhutan is one of the few countries in the world to have never been completely conquered, due to being completely surrounded by mountains!
9. Smoking in public places is illegal in Bhutan!
10. The final fact of the Thunder Dragon Empire, is that happiness is cherished over Money! in other words, GHP (Gross Happiness product) is more important to the Dzongkha people (Is that right?) that GDP!