Thimphu District

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.

Thimphu Dzongkhag ཐིམ་ཕུ་རྫོང་ཁག
Thimphu district
Country	Bhutan
Headquarters	Thimphu
Area
• Total	2,067 km^2 (798 sq mi)
Population  (2017)
• Total	138,736
• Rank	1st
• Density	67/km^2 (170/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+6 (BTT)
HDI (2019)	0.806^[1] very high · 1st
Website	www.thimphu.gov.bt

Coordinates: 27°35′N 89°35′E / 27.583°N 89.583°E / 27.583; 89.583

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]

• Chang Gewog
• Dagala Gewog
• Genyekha Gewog
• Kawang Gewog
• Lingzhi Gewog
• Mewang Gewog
• Naro Gewog
• Soe Gewog

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]

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
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  View of Thimphu

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  Rice terraces

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  Traditional house

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  Expansion of the road to Dochu La

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  108 Choerten on the Dochu La

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  View from Dochu La

See also

• Districts of Bhutan
• Dungkhag
• Thimphu Province

References

1. "Sub-national HDI - Area Database - Global Data Lab". hdi.globaldatalab.org. Retrieved 2018-09-13.
2. van Driem, George L. (1993). "Language Policy in Bhutan" (PDF). London: SOAS. Retrieved 2011-01-18.
3. "Chiwogs in Thimphu" (PDF). Election Commission, Government of Bhutan. 2011. Retrieved 2011-07-28.
4. . Archived from the original on September 6, 2009.
5. . Bhutan Trust Fund for Environmental Conservation online. Bhutan Trust Fund. Archived from the original on 2011-07-02. Retrieved 2011-03-26.

External links

 

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• Thimphu Dzongkhag official website