Thimphu

Summary

Thimphu is a city^[1]. Thimphu ranks in the top 3% of city entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,112 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Thimphu is located in Thimphu District^[3].
• Thimphu is in the country of Bhutan^[4].
• Thimphu is on the body of water Raidāk River^[5].
• Thimphu's image is recorded as ThimphuView.jpg^[6].
• Thimphu's image is recorded as Thimphu from the south 080907.JPG^[7].
• Thimphu's image is recorded as Thimphu-12-vom Buddha Dordenma-2015-gje.jpg^[8].
• Thimphu's instance of is recorded as city^[9].
• Thimphu's instance of is recorded as big city^[10].
• Thimphu's instance of is recorded as administrative territorial entity^[11].
• Thimphu's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 126706536^[12].
• Thimphu's GND ID is recorded as 4745884-7^[13].
• Thimphu's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n83067000^[14].
• Thimphu's IdRef ID is recorded as 172494281^[15].
• Thimphu's Commons category is recorded as Thimphu^[16].
• Thimphu's OpenStreetMap relation ID is recorded as 9330372^[17].
• Thimphu's located in time zone is recorded as UTC+06:00^[18].
• Thimphu's local dialing code is recorded as 232^[19].
• Thimphu's local dialing code is recorded as 233^[20].
• Thimphu's local dialing code is recorded as 234^[21].
• +1955-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Thimphu^[22].
• Thimphu's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 27.47135, 'lon': 89.63367}^[23].
• Thimphu's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0ftms^[24].
• Thimphu's official website is recorded as http://www.thimphucity.bt/^[25].
• Thimphu's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Thimphu^[26].
• Thimphu's Commons gallery is recorded as ཐིམ་ཕུ^[27].

Body

Geography

Thimphu is in the country of Bhutan^[4]. Thimphu is located in Thimphu District^[3]. Thimphu is on the body of water Raidāk River^[5].

Physical Characteristics

Thimphu's area is recorded as {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+27'}^[28]. Thimphu's elevation above sea level is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+2321'}^[29]. Population counts include {'amount': '+79185'}^[30] and {'amount': '+114551'}^[31].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include city^[9], big city^[10], and administrative territorial entity^[11].

History and Context

+1955-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Thimphu^[22].

Why It Matters

Thimphu ranks in the top 3% of city entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,112 views/month).^[2] Thimphu has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[32] Thimphu is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[33]