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Thimphu District

dzongkhag of Bhutan
AdministrativeArea district_of_bhutan Q254889

Facts

20 properties

Identity

Instance of
district of Bhutan
Official website
www.bhutan.gov.bt[15]

Location

Country
Bhutan[3]
Coordinate location
🗺️ 27.583°, 89.583°[14]
Located in the administrative territorial entity
Bhutan[2]

Population and size

Area
1617.0
Elevation above sea level
2330.0
Female population
45180.0, 66214.0
Male population
53496.0, 72522.0
Population
98,676, 138,736[16]

Codes

Located in time zone
UTC+06:00[13]
⚖ sources disagree Wikidata UTC+06:00 GeoNames Asia/Thimphu edition 2026-09-26 · CC BY 4.0 ↗
More facts +9
Website
www.bhutan.gov.bt
Located in
Bhutan
Capital
Thimphu[4]
Contains the administrative territorial entity
Chang Gewog, Darkala Gewog, Genye Gewog, Kawang Gewog, Lingzhi Gewog, Mewang Gewog, Naro Gewog, Soe Gewog[5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12]
Coordinates
🗺️ 27.583°, 89.583°
Geoshape
🗺️ View shape: Bhutan/Thimphu
Language used
Laya
Rural population
19491.0, 23219.0
Urban population
79185.0, 115517.0
🏷️ Also known as
en Thimphu en Thimphu District ar مقاطعة ثيمفو el Τιμπού (περιοχή) es Distrito de Timbu fa استان تیمفو fr Thimphou hi थिम्फू जिला hu Thimphu körzet id Distrik Thimphu it distretto di Thimphu ja ティンプー県 ko 팀부현 ro Districtul Thimphu ru Тхимпху th ทิมพู tr Thimpu District uk Тхімпху vi Quận Thimphu zh 廷布宗
🔖 Identifiers · 11
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
The capital city o galleryfull.jpeg ↗
FIPS 10-4 (countries and regions)
BT20
Freebase ID
/m/0b5kx0
GNS Unique Feature ID
220740
GeoNames ID
1337293
INaturalist place ID
12631
ISO 3166-2 code
BT-15
MusicBrainz area ID
af12dcbf-7f76-4b04-8e76-828c02e01bee
OpenStreetMap relation ID
3899616
Topic's main category
Category:Thimphu District
Who's on First ID
85669527

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🔗 Connections
Contained subdivisions 7
Thimphu, Mewang Gewog, Soe Gewog, Darkala Gewog, Kawang Gewog, Lingzhi Gewog, Naro Gewog
Contains the administrative territorial entity 6
Mewang Gewog, Soe Gewog, Darkala Gewog, Kawang Gewog, Lingzhi Gewog, Naro Gewog
Capital 1
Thimphu
Category of associated people 1
Category:People from Thimphu District
Country 1
Bhutan
Instance of 1
district of Bhutan
Language used 1
Laya
Located in the administrative territorial entity 1
Bhutan
Located in time zone 1
UTC+06:00
Topic's main category 1
Category:Thimphu District
← Category combines topics 1
Category:People from Thimphu District
← Category's main topic 1
Category:Thimphu District
← Contains the administrative territorial entity 1
Bhutan
← Depicts 1
Module:Location map/data/Bhutan Thimphu
← Indigenous to 1
Laya
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Summary

Thimphu District is a district of Bhutan[1].

Body

Physical Characteristics

Thimphu District's area is recorded as 1617 km²[17]. Its elevation above sea level is recorded as 2330 m[18]. Population counts include {'amount': '+98676'}[16] and {'amount': '+138736'}[19].

Related Entities

Bhutan Thimphu

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  15. [16] ↑ . Results of Population & Housing Census of Bhutan 2005. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [19] ↑ . 2017 Population & Housing Census of Bhutan: National Report. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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