Chukha District

27°0′N 89°30′E / 27.000°N 89.500°E / 27.000; 89.500

Chukha district
ཆུ་ཁ་རྫོང་ཁག
District
Chukha Dzong
Chukha Dzong
Map of Chukha District in Bhutan
Map of Chukha District in Bhutan
CountryBhutan
HeadquartersChukha
Area
 • Total
1,880 km2 (730 sq mi)
Population
 (2017)
 • Total
68,966
 • Density37/km2 (95/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+6 (BTT)
HDI (2019)0.684[1]
medium · 4th
Websitewww.chhukha.gov.bt
View of Chukha (Mepetsa), Chukha District
View of Phuntsholing, Chukha District

Chukha District (Dzongkha: ཆུ་ཁ་རྫོང་ཁག་; Wylie: Chu-kha rdzong-khag; officially spelled "Chhukha" [2]) is one of the 20 dzongkhag (districts) comprising Bhutan. The major town is Phuentsholing.

  1. ^ "Sub-national HDI - Area Database - Global Data Lab". hdi.globaldatalab.org. Retrieved 2018-09-13.
  2. ^ official website of Chhukha Dzongkhag Administration http://www.chhukha.gov.bt/