Thimphu Dzongkhag
ཐིམ་ཕུ་རྫོང་ཁག | |
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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 |
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27°35′N 89°35′E / 27.583°N 89.583°E
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.
The dominant language throughout the district is Dzongkha; however, within the capital nearly every language of Bhutan may be encountered. [2]
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]
Thimphu is the capital of Bhutan and Thimphu district.
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]