Thimpu

Top Highlights

• • As the capital and largest city of Bhutan.
  • Thimphu spans an area of approximately 26 sq.km in area.
  • Thimphu has a population of around 115,000 residents.
  • The population density of Thimphu is roughly 4,423 people per sq.km
  • Thimphu is situated about 2,334 m above sea level

  Thimphu (/tɪmˈpuː/; Dzongkha: ཐིམ་ཕུག [tʰim˥.pʰu˥]) 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 ancient capital city of Punakha was replaced by Thimphu as capital in 1955, and in 1961 Thimphu was declared as the capital of the Kingdom of Bhutan by the 3rd Druk Gyalpo Jigme Dorji Wangchuck.