Haa District

This article is about the district Haa. For information about airships, see high-altitude airship.

27°15′N 89°10′E / 27.250°N 89.167°E / 27.250; 89.167

Haa District
ཧཱ་
District
Map of Haa District in Bhutan
Map of Haa District in Bhutan
CountryBhutan
HeadquartersHa
Area
 • Total
1,905 km2 (736 sq mi)
Population
 (2017)
 • Total
13,655
 • Density7.2/km2 (19/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+6 (BTT)
HDI (2019)0.702[1]
high · 3rd
Websitewww.haa.gov.bt

Haa District (Dzongkha: ཧཱ་; Wylie: Haa; alternative spellings include "Ha") is one of the 20 dzongkhag or districts comprising Bhutan. An alternative name for the district is "Hidden-Land Rice Valley."[2] It the second least-populated dzongkhag in the country after Gasa.[3]

The most-spoken language of the district is Dzongkha.

The river Haa Chhu, originating at Jomolhari mountain, flows through the district.

  1. ^ "Sub-national HDI - Area Database - Global Data Lab". hdi.globaldatalab.org. Retrieved 2018-09-13.
  2. ^ Facts about Bhutan- The land of the Thunder Dragon. Absolute Bhutan Books. 2017. p. 318.
  3. ^ http://www.haa.gov.bt/downloads?Type=12&Sector=All Bhutan Census website Archived 2007-06-26 at the Wayback Machine