The Kingdom of Bhutan is located in the south of Asia and is a landlocked country on the southern slope of the eastern section of the Himalayas. The country is bordered by China in the north, northeast and northwest and is bordered by India’s Sikkim and West Bengal in the west and south.
Bhutan is geopolitically in South Asia and is the region’s second least populous nation after the Maldives. Thimphu is its capital and largest city, while Phuntsholing is its financial center.
The country’s landscape ranges from lush subtropical plains in the south to the sub-alpine Himalayan mountains in the north, where there are peaks in excess of 7,000 meters (23,000 ft). Gangkhar Puensum is the highest peak in Bhutan, and it may also be the highest unclimbed mountain in the world. The wildlife of Bhutan is notable for its diversity.
This Map of Bhutan can guide your travel in Bhutan.
Where is Bhutan on a map?
Happiness is a place. But where is Bhutan located on the map? Bhutan is a Himalayan country hide in the Himalayas (border with India and China), South Asia. Known for its Gross National Happiness and the “High Value and Low Volume” tourism policy, Bhutan is the last Shangri-La that collected into many people’s bucket lists. We believe every unique Bhutan trip will start with a map. You can google map of Bhutan and find lots of Bhutan maps with different themes and colors. Here are some Bhutan location maps for you to have a better idea about where is Bhutan on the map.
From Bhutan in world map, you can see the Kingdom of Bhutan is a very small land-locked nation located in Asia. Bhutan occupies an area of 38,394 km², its size is similar to Switzerland, or is about 1/30 of the area of Tibet. Bhutan has a population of 727,145 inhabitants (in 2022). The official language of Bhutan is Dzongkha, a language closely related to Tibetan, and the written language is identical to Tibetan. Now, almost all young Bhutanese can understand and speak English very well.
Here is a map of Bhutan and surrounding countries, you can find that Bhutan is located in south-central Asia. Among the 48 countries in Asia, Bhutan is a very unique country in its culture and traditions. Bhutan’s rich heritage, architecture, festival traditions, arts and crafts, etc, are well protected by its isolation from the modern world until the 1960s.
From our Bhutan Airlines Route Map, you will see to get to Bhutan from Asia is very convenient. Now only Kathmandu in Nepal, New Delhi, Kolkata, Mumbai, Bagdogra, Gaya and Guwahati in India, Dhaka in Bangladesh, Yangon in Myanmar, Bangkok in Thailand, and Changi in Singapore have operated direct flights to Bhutan. For more information about Flights to Bhutan or book flight tickets to Bhutan, you can contact us.
Here is the map of Bhutan and the surrounding area, you will see the Kingdom of Bhutan is geopolitically in South Asia. There are 8 countries in South Asia including India, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, and Afghanistan. And Bhutan is situated in the eastern Himalayas mountains south of China (Tibetan Plateau), bordering the Indian states of Sikkim, West Bengal, Assam, and Arunachal Pradesh. Bhutan controls several key Himalayan mountain passes and has many good spots to view the Himalayas.
Why Bhutan is also known as a Himalayan country?
Bhutan is known as a Himalayan country. From this map of Bhutan and surrounding countries, you will see the northern part of Bhutan lies within the Himalayas. The Himalayas or Himalayas are a mountain range in Asia, it is the highest mountain range in the world, and has 10 out of 14 of the world’s highest peaks, including Mount Everest. From this Himalayas map, we can also see the Himalayas cross five countries, they are Bhutan, India, Nepal, China, and Pakistan. About 70 million people live in the Himalayas.
