Thimphu District
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Thimphu District is a dzongkhag
Dzongkhag
A dzongkhag is an administrative and judicial district of Bhutan. The twenty dzongkhags of Bhutan are further divided into 205 gewogs. Some larger dzongkhags have one or more of an intermediate judicial division, known as dungkhags , which themselves comprise two or more gewogs...

 (district) of Bhutan
Bhutan
Bhutan , officially the Kingdom of Bhutan, is a landlocked state in South Asia, located at the eastern end of the Himalayas and bordered to the south, east and west by the Republic of India and to the north by the People's Republic of China...

. Thimphu
Thimphu
Thimphu also spelt Thimpu, is the capital and largest city of Bhutan. It is situated in the western central part of Bhutan and the surrounding valley is one of Bhutan's dzongkhags, the Thimphu District. The city became the capital of Bhutan in 1961...

 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.

Geography

Thimphu dzongkhag is divided into eight gewog
Gewog
A gewog, or geog refers to a group of villages in Bhutan. Gewogs form a geographic administrative unit below dzongkhag districts , and above thromde municipalities. Bhutan comprises 205 gewogs, which average 230 km² in area...

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and one town (Thimphu
Thimphu
Thimphu also spelt Thimpu, is the capital and largest city of Bhutan. It is situated in the western central part of Bhutan and the surrounding valley is one of Bhutan's dzongkhags, the Thimphu District. The city became the capital of Bhutan in 1961...

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  • Chang Gewog
    Chang Gewog
    Chang Gewog is a gewog of Thimphu District, Bhutan....

  • Dagala Gewog
    Dagala Gewog
    Darkala Gewog is a gewog of Thimphu District, Bhutan....

  • Genyekha Gewog
    Genyekha Gewog
    Genye Gewog is a gewog of Thimphu District, Bhutan....

  • Kawang Gewog
    Kawang Gewog
    Kawang Gewog is a gewog of Thimphu District, Bhutan.As of 2005 it has a population of 2582 and covers an area of 307 square kilometres....

  • Lingzhi Gewog
    Lingzhi Gewog
    Lingzhi Gewog is a gewog of Thimphu District, Bhutan. Lingzhi Gewog, along with Naro and Soe Gewogs, is part of Lingzhi Dungkhag.-References:...

  • Mewang Gewog
    Mewang Gewog
    Mewang Gewog is a gewog of Thimphu District, Bhutan....

  • Naro Gewog
    Naro Gewog
    Naro Gewog is a gewog of Thimphu District, Bhutan. Naro Gewog, along with Lingzhi and Soe Gewogs, is part of Lingzhi Dungkhag....

  • Soe Gewog
    Soe Gewog
    Soe Gewog is a gewog of Thimphu District, Bhutan. Soe Gewog, along with Naro and Lingzhi Gewogs, is part of Lingzhi Dungkhag....


Lingzhi, Soe and Naro Gewogs belong to the Lingzhi Dungkhag
Dungkhag
A dungkhag is a sub-district of a dzongkhag of Bhutan. The head of a dungkhag is a Dungpa...

subdistrict, the only subdistrict within Thimphu District. The remaining gewogs do not belong to any subdistrict.

The northern half of Thimphu District (Kawang
Kawang Gewog
Kawang Gewog is a gewog of Thimphu District, Bhutan.As of 2005 it has a population of 2582 and covers an area of 307 square kilometres....

, Lingzhi
Lingzhi Gewog
Lingzhi Gewog is a gewog of Thimphu District, Bhutan. Lingzhi Gewog, along with Naro and Soe Gewogs, is part of Lingzhi Dungkhag.-References:...

, Naro
Naro Gewog
Naro Gewog is a gewog of Thimphu District, Bhutan. Naro Gewog, along with Lingzhi and Soe Gewogs, is part of Lingzhi Dungkhag....

, Soe Gewog
Soe Gewog
Soe Gewog is a gewog of Thimphu District, Bhutan. Soe Gewog, along with Naro and Lingzhi Gewogs, is part of Lingzhi Dungkhag....

s – corresponding roughly to Lingzhi Dungkhag
Dungkhag
A dungkhag is a sub-district of a dzongkhag of Bhutan. The head of a dungkhag is a Dungpa...

) is subject to environmental protection, falling within Jigme Dorji National Park
Jigme Dorji National Park
The Jigme Dorji National Park, named after the late Jigme Dorji Wangchuk, is the second-largest National Park of Bhutan. It occupies almost the entire Gasa District, as well as the northern areas of Thimphu District, Paro District, Punakha, and Wangdue Phodrang Districts...

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