Thimphu

Summary

Thimphu is a city^[1]. Thimphu has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[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 instance of is recorded as city^[6].
• Thimphu's instance of is recorded as big city^[7].
• Thimphu's instance of is recorded as administrative territorial entity^[8].
• Thimphu's Commons category is recorded as Thimphu^[9].
• Thimphu's located in time zone is recorded as UTC+06:00^[10].
• Thimphu's local dialing code is recorded as 232^[11].
• Thimphu's local dialing code is recorded as 233^[12].
• Thimphu's local dialing code is recorded as 234^[13].
• 1955 marks the founding of Thimphu^[14].
• Thimphu's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 27.47135, 'lon': 89.63367}^[15].
• Thimphu's official website is recorded as http://www.thimphucity.bt/^[16].
• Thimphu's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Thimphu^[17].
• Thimphu's Commons gallery is recorded as ཐིམ་ཕུ^[18].
• Thimphu has a population of {'amount': '+79185'}^[19].
• Thimphu has a population of {'amount': '+114551'}^[20].
• Thimphu's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[21].
• Thimphu's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 12^[22].
• Thimphu's capital of is recorded as Bhutan^[23].
• Thimphu's official name is recorded as {'lang': 'bo', 'text': 'ཐིམ་ཕུ་'}^[24].
• Thimphu's category for people born here is recorded as Category:Births in Thimphu city^[25].
• Thimphu's category for people who died here is recorded as Category:Deaths in Thimphu^[26].
• Thimphu's demonym is recorded as {'lang': 'fr', 'text': 'Thimpovienne'}^[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 covers an area of {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+27'}^[28]. Thimphu sits at an elevation of {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+2321'}^[29]. Population counts include {'amount': '+79185'}^[19] and {'amount': '+114551'}^[20].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include city^[6], big city^[7], and administrative territorial entity^[8].

History and Context

1955 marks the founding of Thimphu^[14].

Why It Matters

Thimphu has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2] Thimphu is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[30]