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March 24, 2008 | permalink |


Today's Geo Quiz we head due south of Tibet. We're in a country known as "Land of the Thunder Dragon."

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That would be Bhutan. The nation is officially a monarchy. But today it's in the news as the world's newest democracy. Bhutan's first parliamentary elections have just been held.

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It was the King's idea. He pushed his subjects to hold the vote. We're not going to ask to name the winner. All we want is the name of this country's capital city.

Ready?





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