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Thimphu District

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Thimphu District

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Also known as Thimphu

dzongkhag of Bhutan

Key facts

Country
Bhutan
Headquarters
Thimphu
Total
2,067 km (798 sq mi)
Rank
1st
Density
67.12/km (173.8/sq mi)
Time zone
UTC+6 ( BTT )
Hdi 2021
0.832 , very high · 1st
Website
www .thimphu .gov .bt

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Wikidata facts

Country
Bhutan
Located in
Bhutan
Contains
Soe Gewog
Capital
Thimphu
Population
138736
Area
1617
Elevation
2330
Time zone
UTC+06:00
Image
The capital city o galleryfull.jpeg
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topic's main category
Category:Thimphu District
category of associated people
Category:People from Thimphu District
Commons category
Thimphu District
language used
Laya
male population
72522
female population
66214
urban population
115517
rural population
23219
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Encyclopedic overview

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.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Thimphu District” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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