Thimphu District

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

Location of Thimphu dzongkhag within Bhutan

Thimphu ཐིམ་ཕུ་རྫོང་ཁག་ is a dzongkhag (district) of Bhutan. It is also the capital of Bhutan and the largest city in the whole kingdom.

Thimphu dzongkhag is divided into ten gewogs and one town (Thimphu):
Gewogs:

• Bapbi Gewog
• Chang Gewog
• Dagala Gewog
• Genyekha Gewog
• Kawang Gewog
• Lingzhi Gewog
• Mewang Gewog
• Naro Gewog
• Soe Gewog
• Toepisa Gewog

Town:

• Thimphu

Lingzhi, Soe and Naro Gewogs belong to the Lingzhi Dungkhag subdistrict, the only subdistrict within Thimphu District. The remaining gewog do not belong to any subdistrict.^[1]

See also

• Districts of Bhutan
• Dungkhag

References

1. ^ http://www.thimphu.gov.bt/gewogDetail.php?id=14

External links

• Thimphu Dzongkhag official website

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