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 |
| • Density | 67/km2 (170/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+6 (BTT) |
| 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.[1]
Administrative divisions
Thimphu District is divided into eight gewogs and one town (Thimphu):[2]
- 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.[3]
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.[4]
- 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
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See also
- Districts of Bhutan
- Dungkhag
- Thimphu Province
References
- ^ 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.
- ^ Thimphu Government online Archived 2009-09-06 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "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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