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Bhutan

1. Bhutan Country Report on Human Rights Practices for 2006
2. Bhutan Portal
3. Centre for Bhutan Studies
4. CIA World Factbook: Bhutan
5. Ethnologue Language Database: Bhutan
6. Library of Congress Country Studies: Bhutan
7. Maps of Asia
8. Political Resources on the Net: Bhutan
9. World Travel Guide: Bhutan

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Bhutan Country Report on Human Rights Practices for 2006

Detailed assessment of human rights practices in Bhutan. Topics assessed include torture, arbitrary detention or exile, fair public trial, freedom of speech and press, freedom of assembly, movement and religion; democratic rights, worker rights, and discrimination based on race, sex, religion, disability, language, or social status.
     Author: US Department of State
     Subjects: bhutan
     DeweyClass: 323.5498
     Resource type: document

Bhutan Portal

Information on government departments in Bhutan. Includes statistical information, the latest publications and policy announcements, and general sections on the people and culture of Bhutan. Also provides currency exchange rates, a business database and information for travellers.
     Author: Department of Information Technology, Government of Bhutan
     Subjects: bhutan
     DeweyClass: 351.5498
     Resource type: documents

Centre for Bhutan Studies

Publications from the Centre for Bhutan studies, an autonomous research institute dedicated towards promoting research and scholarship on Bhutan. Includes full text PDFs of articles published in the Journal of Bhutan Studies.
     Author: Council for the Centre of Bhutan Studies
     Subjects: bhutan, cultural research
     DeweyClass: 954
     Resource type: documents

CIA World Factbook: Bhutan

Basic reference information about Bhutan, including details of geography, people, economy, government, communications, transportation, military and transnational issues. Geographical information includes area, population, flag, maps, high and low points, co-ordinates, boundary length, border countries, climate, land use and natural resources.
     Author: CIA
     Subjects: bhutan
     DeweyClass: 915.498
     Resource type: document

Ethnologue Language Database: Bhutan

A catalogue of all the languages and dialects spoken in Bhutan, with details of the numbers of speakers of each language. Also some demographic data such as rates of literacy, blindness and deafness.
     Author: Summer Institute of Linguistics
     Subjects: bhutan
     DeweyClass: 409.5498
     Resource type: document

Library of Congress Country Studies: Bhutan

Detailed handbook describing the history of Bhutan and analysing its political, economic, social, and national security systems and institutions, the interrelationships of those systems and the ways they are shaped by cultural factors. Particular attention is given to the people who make up the society, their origins, dominant beliefs and values, common interests and the issues on which they are divided, and their attitudes toward each other and toward their social system and political order.
     Author: Library of Congress
     Subjects: bhutan
     DeweyClass: 954.98
     Resource type: documents

Maps of Asia

Set of political and relief maps produced by the CIA covering all the countries in Asia.
     Author: Perry-Castaneda Library Map Collection, University of Texas at Austin
     Subjects: afghanistan, bangladesh, bhutan, brunei, burma, cambodia, india, indonesia, japan, laos, malaysia, maps of asia, mongolia, myanmar, nepal, north korea, pakistan, philippines, singapore, south korea, taiwan, thailand, vietnam
     DeweyClass: 912.5
     Resource type: map collection

Political Resources on the Net: Bhutan

Listing of political resources relevant to Bhutan, with links to parties, organisations, government, media and results of recent elections, where available.
     Author: Torre Argentina Societa di Servizi - Agora telematica Division
     Subjects: bhutan
     DeweyClass: 320.95498
     Resource type: documents, index

World Travel Guide: Bhutan

Basic reference information about Bhutan, such as area, capital, population, population density, geography, language, religion, time zone, history and government, plus business and social information, including details of accommodation, addresses, climate, regions, travel, visas, passports, money, health and public holidays.
     Author: Columbus Press
     Subjects: bhutan
     DeweyClass: 915.498
     Resource type: documents