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Background Stats: compare key data on Bhutan & Nepal

Definitions

  • Land border length: The length of each country's land border. Islands are listed as having a 0.0 km.
  • Length of border with China: Length in km of each country's border with China. China has international borders with 14 countries, and a total border length of 22,117 kilometres (13,743 mi). That makes it the longest of any country in the world.
  • National anthems: National anthem.
  • National tree: Name of tree.

    No date was available from the Wikipedia article, so we used the date of retrieval.

  • Neighboring countries and territories: The countries and territories neighboring each country. "L" means they share only a land border and "M" means they have only maritime boundaries. A blank means they share both.
  • Number of maritime boundary neighbours: Number of states and territories with which each country shares a maritime border. Two countries separated from each other by a body of water have a maritime border with each other.
  • Overview: A geopolitical overview of every sovereign country in the world, briefly examining their recent history and place on the global stage. The texts are taken from the BBC News website.
STAT Bhutan Nepal
Land border length 1,075 km
Ranked 118th.
2,926 km
Ranked 60th. 3 times more than Bhutan
Length of border with China 470 km
Ranked 9th.
1,236 km
Ranked 6th. 3 times more than Bhutan
National anthems Druk tsendhen ( The Thunder Dragon Kingdom ) Sayaun Thunga Phool Ka ( Hundreds of Flowers )
National tree Bhutan Cypress Rhododendron
Neighboring countries and territories China (L) India (L) India (L) China (L)
Number of maritime boundary neighbours 0.0
Ranked 130th.
0.0
Ranked 155th.
Overview <p>Bhutan is a tiny, remote and impoverished kingdom nestling in the Himalayas between its powerful neighbours, India and China.</p> <p>Almost completely cut off for centuries, it has tried to let in some aspects of the outside world while fiercely guarding its ancient traditions. </p> <p>The Bhutanese name for Bhutan, Druk Yul, means &quot;Land of the Thunder Dragon&quot; and it only began to open up to outsiders in the 1970s. </p><br> <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-south-asia-12480707">Full Article</a> <p>With its ancient culture and the Himalayas as a backdrop, landlocked Nepal has a romantic image.</p> <p>It is nonetheless one of the world&#039;s poorest countries, and is struggling to overcome the legacy of a 10-year Maoist insurrection. </p> <p>Until Nepal became a republic in May 2008, it had been ruled by monarchs or a ruling family for most of its modern history in relative isolation. </p><br> <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-south-asia-12511455">Full Article</a>

SOURCES: Wikipedia: List of countries and territories by land borders (Land borders) (Note: land border lengths will vary depending on the scale by which they are measured, and therefore these figures without a source accompanied by an explanation of how they were measured and at what scale makes comparisons impossible; for more information see coastline paradox .); CIA World Factbook: China; Wikipedia: List of national anthems (Anthems of United Nations member states) ("List of Member States" . United Nations . Retrieved 2011-07-21 .); Wikipedia: List of national trees (National trees); Wikipedia: List of countries and territories by land and maritime borders; British Broadcasting Corporation 2014

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