📍 Place
Punakha
👑 Capital of 2 kingdoms and empires · 2 events here
The large dot is this place; small dots are places within 80 km.
Through time
👑 Ruled from here
1616 – 1907Bhutan under the Zhabdrung (Druk Desi)Capital: Punakha1907 – presentKingdom of BhutanCapital: Punakha, later Thimphu
What happened here within 25 km
- 1616 Zhabdrung Ngawang Namgyal arrives in Bhutan · Bhutan under the Zhabdrung (Druk Desi)
- 1907 Ugyen Wangchuck becomes first King of Bhutan · Kingdom of Bhutan