National Library of Bhutan

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The Kingdom of Bhutan (Dzongkha: འབྲུག་རྒྱལ་ཁབ་, Romanized: Druk Gyal Khap) is about the size of Switzerland (or Maryland) and is 99 per cent covered by mountains, in the Himalayas, between Tibet and India. The population was believed to be around 2 million until the census of 2005 revealed the total population to be only 672,425.

Bhutan‘s currency is the ngultrum, the capital is Thimphu, considered one of the safest places on earth and the location of the Library of Bhutan, built in 1967 to look like the central tower temple of a Bhutanese Dzong monastery. It hosts collections of traditional texts and ancient printing blocks.