Things To Do in Thimphu’s Weekend Market, Restaurants in Thimphu’s Weekend Market
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Things to do in Thimphu District, Thimphu District: The Best Gift & Specialty Shops
Discover the best top things to do in Thimphu District, Bhutan including Junction Book Store, DSB Enterprises, The Craft GALLERY, Cdk, Centenary Farmers Market, Thimphu’s Weekend Market, National Handicrafts Emporium, Lungta Handicraft, Dorji Gyeltshen Tshongkhang Shop, Yiga Chocolate.
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What to do and see in Thimphu, Thimphu District: The Best Gift & Specialty Shops
Thimphu (/tɪmˈpuː/; Dzongkha: ཐིམ་ཕུ [tʰimpʰu]; formerly spelled as Thimbu or Thimpu) is the capital and largest city of the Kingdom 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 when it was established as capital in 1955, and in 1961 Thimphu was declared as the capital of the Kingdom of Bhutan by His Majesty the 3rd Druk Gyalpo Jigme Dorji Wangchuck.
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The 10 Best Gift & Specialty Shops in Bhutan, Bhutan
Remote Bhutan first allowed the world a peek inside in 1974. With four millennia of habitation, the Himalayan kingdom offers a trove of archaeological treasures, including many ornate temples and dzong fortresses. Isolation has preserved the heavily Buddhist-influenced culture of the last Shangri-La.