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...

s 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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External links

• Thimphu Dzongkhag official website