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Some random facts about Bhutan

Roadways:total:8,050 km
paved: 4,991 km
unpaved: 3,059 km (2003)
Languages:Dzongkha(official), Bhotes speak various Tibetan dialects, Nepalese speakvarious Nepalese dialects
Land boundaries:total:1,075 km
border countries: China 470 km, India 605 km
Electricity - production by source:fossilfuel: 0.1%
hydro: 99.9%
nuclear: 0%
other: 0% (2001)
Disputes - international:over 100,000Bhutanese Lhotshampas (Hindus) have been confined in seven UN Officeof the High Commissioner for Refugees camps since 1990; Bhutancooperates with India to expel Indian Nagaland separatists; lackingany treaty describing the boundary, Bhutan and China continuenegotiations to establish a boundary alignment to resolve substantialcartographic discrepancies, the largest of which lies in Bhutan'snorthwest

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