In 1961, Thimphu became a municipality and developed to become the capital of Bhutan. In 1960, Thimphu was a small community, but was extended by King Jigme Wangchuk Dorje to replace the old capital of Punakha.
The Tashichoedzong, which is popular with tourists, has a colorful masked dance festival at the end of the summer season.
Thimphu is located between the two national capitals in Asia, which does not use traffic lights, the other is from Pyongyang in North Korea. Local hands had superior lights, however, withdrew before starting the operation. Instead of traffic lights, Thimphu City is proud of its traffic cops directing traffic coming to your dance, as actions with hands and arms.
The Memorial Chorten skyline views of the city of Thimphu. This Chorten is awarded to the 3 rd or King Druk Gyalpo, Jigme Dorji Wangchuk after his untimely death while traveling abroad.
The National Library was built in 1967 in the style of a conventional temple contains a wide range of religious manuscripts and book on Classical Tibetan and Dzongkha, and a set of books in English. Contains a copy of the most data published in the world, too.
Dordenma Buddha sculpture is the largest sculpture of Buddha in the world. It sits on top of a mountain called Kuensel Phodrang, overlooking the city of Thimphu.
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