Thimphu District

Thimphu Dzongkhag

ཐིམ་ཕུ་རྫོང་ཁག
Thimphu Dzongkhag ཐིམ་ཕུ་རྫོང་ཁག
	Thimphu district
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; very high · 1st
Website	www.thimphu.gov.bt

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

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
108 Choerten on the Dochu La
View from Dochu La

References

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

External links

Thimphu Dzongkhag official website

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[GlobalDataLab-1] "Sub-national HDI - Area Database - Global Data Lab". hdi.globaldatalab.org. Retrieved 2018-09-13.

[vanDriem93-2] 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] "Lingzhi Geog". Thimphu Dzongkhag Administration. Archived from the original on September 6, 2009.

[BTF1-5] "Parks of Bhutan". Bhutan Trust Fund for Environmental Conservation online. Bhutan Trust Fund. Archived from the original on 2011-07-02. Retrieved 2011-03-26.

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v t e Districts (dzongkhags) of Bhutan
Central	Dagana Gasa Punakha Tsirang Wangdue Phodrang
Southern	Bumthang Sarpang Trongsa Zhemgang
Western	Chukha Haa Paro Samtse Thimphu
Eastern	Lhuntse Mongar Pemagatshel Samdrup Jongkhar Trashigang Trashiyangtse