Thimphu District Explained

Official Name:Thimphu Dzongkhag
Native Name:ཐིམ་ཕུ་རྫོང་ཁག
Pushpin Map:Bhutan
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:Bhutan
Seat Type:Headquarters
Seat:Thimphu
Unit Pref:Metric
Area Total Km2:2,067
Population Total:138,736
Population As Of:2017
Population Rank:1st
Population Density Km2:auto
Blank Name Sec2:HDI (2021)
Blank Info Sec2:0.832[1]
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Timezone1:BTT
Utc Offset1:+6

27.5833°N 124°W

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]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Sub-national HDI - Area Database - Global Data Lab. hdi.globaldatalab.org. en. 2018-09-13.
  2. Web site: Language Policy in Bhutan . PDF . van Driem . George L. . George van Driem . . . 1993 . 2011-01-18.
  3. Web site: Chiwogs in Thimphu . . 2011 . 2011-07-28.
  4. Web site: Lingzhi Geog. Thimphu Dzongkhag Administration . https://web.archive.org/web/20090906174054/http://www.thimphu.gov.bt/gewogDetail.php?id=14. dead. September 6, 2009.
  5. Web site: Parks of Bhutan . Bhutan Trust Fund for Environmental Conservation online . Bhutan Trust Fund . 2011-03-26 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110702041330/http://www.bhutantrustfund.bt/parks-of-bhutan . 2011-07-02 .