Thimphu District
Thimphu Dzongkhag
ཐིམ་ཕུ་རྫོང་ཁག། Thimphu District | |
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Thimphu District | |
| Country | Bhutan |
| Headquarters | Thimphu |
| Area | |
• Total | 2,067 km2 (798 sq mi) |
| Population (2017) | |
• Total | 138,736 |
| • Rank | 1st |
| • Density | 67.12/km2 (173.8/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+6 (BTT) |
| HDI (2021) | 0.832 very high · 1st |
| Website | www |
27°35′N 89°35′E / 27.583°N 89.583°E
Thimphu District (Dzongkha: ཐིམ་ཕུ་རྫོང་ཁག།; Wylie: Thim-phu rdzong-khag) is a dzongkhag (district) of Bhutan. Thimphu is also the capital of Bhutan and the largest city in the whole kingdom.