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Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck [a] (born 21 February 1980) is the King of Bhutan.His reign began in 2006 after his father Jigme Singye Wangchuck abdicated the throne. A public coronation ceremony was held on 6 November 2008, a year that marked 100 years of monarchy in Bhutan.
Jamyang Jamtsho Wangchuk is a Bhutanese actor and filmmaker and an adventurer. [1] He was born in 1982 to an army captain and a teacher. Growing up in remote Bhutan, he was able to nurture his love for the natural world.
This is a list of actors born, or active in the acting field, in Bhutan. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness.
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Kezang Dorji was born in a remote village called Wooling Village in the eastern Bhutanese district of Samdrup Jongkhar. [5] Hoping for a better life his family moved to a small town in Samdrup Jongkhar called Dewathang. [6] His parents were separated when he was six years old and he had a difficult childhood. "My family had a very hard life.
This increased to Nu 36.9 billion in 2006, which was a 15-fold increase in 21 years. Bhutan's per capita income reached US$1,500 in 2006 by the end of his reign. In purchasing power parity terms, Bhutan's per capita income in 2006 was nearly US$4,085. [15] The king introduced an unconventional tourism policy of "high-value, low-volume". [16]
Something of, or related to Bhutan; Dzongkha, the official national language of Bhutan (sometimes called "Bhutanese") A person from Bhutan, or of Bhutanese descent, see Demographics of Bhutan; Bhutanese culture; Bhutanese cuisine; The Bhutanese, a weekly newspaper in Bhutan
Gongsar [1] Ugyen Wangchuck (Dzongkha: ཨོ་རྒྱན་དབང་ཕྱུག, Wylie: o rgyan dbang phyug; 11 June 1862 – 26 August 1926) was the first Druk Gyalpo (King) and founding father of the Kingdom of Bhutan from 1907 to 1926. In his lifetime, he made efforts to unite the fledgling country and gain the trust of the people.