27°35′N 89°35′E / 27.583°N 89.583°E
Thimphu Dzongkhag ཐིམ་ཕུ་རྫོང་ཁག | |
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 Thimphu district | |
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| Country | Bhutan |
| Headquarters | Thimphu |
| Area | |
| • Total | 2,067 km2 (798 sq mi) |
| Population (2017) | |
| • Total | 138,736 |
| • Rank | 1st |
| • Density | 67/km2 (170/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+6 (BTT) |
| HDI (2021) | 0.832[1] very high · 1st |
| Website | www |
Thimphu District (Dzongkha: ཐིམ་ཕུ་རྫོང་ཁག་; Wylie: Thim-phu rdzong-khag) is a dzongkhag (district) of Bhutan. Thimphu is also the capital of Bhutan and the largest city in the whole kingdom.
Languages
The dominant language throughout the district is Dzongkha; however, within the capital nearly every language of Bhutan may be encountered.[2]
Administrative divisions
Thimphu District is divided into eight gewogs and one town (Thimphu):[3]
Lingzhi, Soe and Naro Gewogs belong to the Lingzhi Dungkhag subdistrict, the only subdistrict within Thimphu District. The remaining gewogs do not belong to any subdistrict.[4]
Town of Thimphu
Thimphu is the capital of Bhutan and Thimphu district.
Environment
The northern half of Thimphu District (the gewogs of Kawang, Lingzhi, Naro and Soe – corresponding roughly to Lingzhi Dungkhag) is subject to environmental protection, falling within Jigme Dorji National Park.[5]
- Thimphu District
View of Thimphu
Rice terraces
Traditional house
Expansion of the road to Dochu La
108 Choerten on the Dochu La
View from Dochu La
See also
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