Motithang is a north-western suburb of
Thimphu,
Bhutan. The
Chubachu River divides the district from
Kawajangsa further north and
Chubachu
Chubachu is the central district of Thimphu, Bhutan. It is bounded by the Chubachu River to the north, the Wang Chu River to the east and Changangkha and Motithang to the west. The World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) has its Bhutanese headquarters h ...
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
Jigme Singye Wangchuck ( dz, འཇིགས་མེད་སེང་གེ་དབང་ཕྱུག་, ; born 11 November 1955) is a member of the House of Wangchuck who was the king of Bhutan (Druk Gyalpo) from 1972 until his abdicati ...
.
At the time, the hotel was located in the middle of forest, separated from the city by farmland but today this area has grown up with houses and gardens.
Aside from the Motithang Hotel, the district contains several notable state guest houses such as the
Kungacholing and
Lhundupling, Rapten Apartments and the
Amankora Thimphu.
It also contains the National Commission for Cultural Affairs, a
UNICEF station and several grocery stores, including the Lhatshog supermarket.
Schools include
Motithang Higher Secondary School and Jigme Namgyal School.
There is also a notable
takin wildlife sanctuary in the district, named
Motithang Takin Preserve.
References
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Thimphu