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View of Tashichoedzong, Thimbu. The 17th-century fortress-monastery, located on the northern edge of the city, has been the seat of Bhutan's government since 1952.Before 1960, Thimphu consisted of a group of hamlets scattered across the valley including Motithang, Changangkha, Changlimithang, Langchupakha, and Taba, some of which constitute districts of the city today (see below for district ...
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.
Motithang is a north-western suburb of Thimphu, Bhutan.The Chubachu River divides the district from Kawajangsa further north and Chubachu district lies to the east.. Meaning "the meadow of pearls", the area only developed as a residential area in the 1980s, following the initial establishment of the Motithang Hotel in 1974, on the occasion of the coronation of Jigme Singye Wangchuck. [1]
Chang Gewog (Dzongkha: ལྕང་) is a gewog (village block) of Thimphu District, Bhutan. [1] [2] References This page was last edited on ...
Jigme Singye Wangchuck was born in Dechencholing Palace in Thimphu, Bhutan, on 11 November 1955 [12] to Jigme Dorji Wangchuck and Ashi Kesang Choden Wangchuck. [13] The political officer of India stationed in Sikkim , along with a representative of the Sikkimese government came to offer felicitations to the royal parents.
The original Thimphu dzong (the Do-Ngön Dzong, or Blue Stone Dzong) was built in 1216 by Lama Gyalwa Lhanapa (1164–1224), founder of the Lhapa branch of the Drikung Kagyu, at the place where Dechen Phodrang Monastery now stands on a ridge above the present Tashichö-dzong.
The internal territorial divisions of Bhutan, including dungkhags and their constituent gewogs, are subject to alteration by the Government of Bhutan through creation, transfer, and merger. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] For example, in 2002, there were 199 gewogs in the 20 dzongkhags; [ 6 ] by 2005, there were 205. [ 7 ]