1) Most Bhutanese applaud the king's rule.

2) When the Ngultrum was introduced in 1974, the Bhutanese pegged it with the Indian Rupee.

3) It is premature to see the Bhutanese as Himalayan versions of the oil - rich Gulf Arabs.

4) Ethnic Composition: Bhutanese 60 %, Nepalese and other 40 %.

5) Today hundreds of childless Bhutanese couples make pilgrimages to the "fertility temple, " Chimi Lhakhang, where a Buddhist monk blesses them with a wooden phallus.

6) Known to the Bhutanese as Druk Yul, Land of the Thunder Dragon, Bhutan is mysterious, isolated,[http:///bhutanese.html] and inaccessible. Some have even referred to it as "the back of beyond."

7) In the 18th century, the Bhutanese occupied the kingdom of Cooch Behar to the south.

8) And with 90 % of the population in peasant agriculture, most Bhutanese remain poor.

9) Though furnished with free medicine and education, some 20 % of Bhutanese live below the poverty line.

10) And 90 % of the population in peasant agriculture, most Bhutanese remain poor.

11) Thus, like his father, the days before his enthronement were the days that he sacrificed his youth and shouldered big responsibilities for the nation and the Bhutanese .