Update 1 to the U.S. standard "Geopolitical Entities and Codes" is dated 2010-08-20. It assigns FIPS codes to the two districts created in 1992. It also changes the names of most districts to variant forms shown under "Other names of subdivisions".
International standard ISO 3166-2 was published on December 15, 1998. It superseded ISO/DIS 3166-2 (draft international standard). For Bhutan, there were several changes from the draft standard. In the final standard, the districts were no longer grouped into regions. Also, two new districts were added: Gasa and Tashi Yangtse. From other sources, it appears that these two districts were created in 1992. The news of their creation was slow to filter through to the West. The capitals of the two new districts have the same names as the districts. The ISO codes for the new districts are two letters, unlike the older ones, which have two digits.
Country overview:
| Short name | BHUTAN |
| ISO code | BT |
| FIPS code | BT |
| Language | Tibetan (bo) |
| Time zone | +6 |
| Capital | Thimphu |
Bhutan has been an independent kingdom throughout the 20th century.
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