Punakha District

27°40′N 89°50′E / 27.667°N 89.833°E / 27.667; 89.833

Punakha district
སྤུ་ན་ཁ་རྫོང་ཁག
District
Map of Punakha District in Bhutan
Map of Punakha District in Bhutan
Country Bhutan
HeadquartersPunakha
Area
 • Total
1,110 km2 (430 sq mi)
Population
 (2017)
 • Total
28,740
 • Density26/km2 (67/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+6 (BTT)
HDI (2017)0.654[1]
medium · 7th
Websitewww.punakha.gov.bt

Punakha District (Dzongkha: སྤུ་ན་ཁ་རྫོང་ཁག་; Wylie: Spu-na-kha rdzong-khag) is one of the 20 dzongkhags (districts) comprising Bhutan. It is bordered by Thimphu, Gasa, and Wangdue Phodrang Districts. The dominant language in the district is Dzongkha, the national language.

  1. ^ "Sub-national HDI - Area Database - Global Data Lab". hdi.globaldatalab.org. Archived from the original on 2018-09-23. Retrieved 2018-09-13.