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Paro International Airport (Dzongkha: སྤ་རོ་གནམ་ཐང༌།, romanized: paro gnam thang) (IATA: PBH, ICAO: VQPR) is the sole international airport of the four airports in Bhutan. It is 6 kilometres (3.7 mi; 3.2 nmi) from Paro in a deep valley on the bank of the river Paro Chhu .
Drukair Airbus A319 and BAe 146 at Paro Airport in 2005. Druk Gyalpo Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck on 11 November 2007 issued a Royal Kasho establishing Druk Holding and Investments Limited, a holding company which would manage existing and future investments of the Royal
The terms for the Kings of Bhutan, Druk Gyalpo ("Dragon King"), and the Bhutanese endonym Drukpa, "Dragon people," are similarly derived. [27] Names similar to Bhutan—including Bohtan, Buhtan, Bottanthis, Bottan and Bottanter—began to appear in Europe around the 1580s. Jean-Baptiste Tavernier's 1676 Six Voyages is the first to record the ...
2 May – Birth Anniversary of Third Druk Gyalpo; 7 May – Shabdrung Kurchoe; 11 June – Lord Buddha's Parinirvana; 5 July – Sun Birth Anniversary of Guru Rinpoche; 28 July – First Sermon of Lord Buddha; 23 September – Sun Blessed Rainy Day; 2 October – Sat Dashain Festival; 1 November – Coronation of His Majesty the King
The Druk Gyalpo (King of Bhutan) is the head of state and the symbol of unity of the kingdom and of the people of Bhutan. The Constitution establishes the " Chhoe-sid-nyi " (dual system of religion and politics) of Bhutan as unified in the person of the king, who, as a Buddhist , is the upholder of the Chhoe-sid (religion and politics; temporal ...
The Fourth Druk Gyalpo, other royal family members, more than 20,000 people, including over 200 international guests also attended the event. [ 19 ] [ 16 ] The event commenced with the reception of the king in a traditional chipdrel ceremony, hoisting of Bhutan’s national flag and an address to the nation by the king. [ 16 ]
The Order of the Dragon King (Druk Gyalpo) is the highest decoration of the Kingdom of Bhutan, awarded in recognition of a lifetime of service to the people and Kingdom of Bhutan. Existing in two categories, it is the pinnacle of the honor system in Bhutan and takes precedence over all other orders, decorations and medals.
The King of Bhutan, formally known as the Druk Gyalpo ("Dragon King"), also occupies the office of Druk Desi under the "Dual System of Government". Since the enactment of the Constitution of 2008 , the Druk Gyalpo has remained head of state , while the Prime Minister of Bhutan acts as executive and head of government in a parliamentary ...