27°40′N 89°50′E / 27.667°N 89.833°E
Punakha district
སྤུ་ན་ཁ་རྫོང་ཁག | |
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District | |
 Map of Punakha District in Bhutan | |
| Country |  Bhutan |
| Headquarters | Punakha |
| Area | |
| • Total | 1,110 km2 (430 sq mi) |
| Population (2017) | |
| • Total | 28,740 |
| • Density | 26/km2 (67/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+6 (BTT) |
| HDI (2017) | 0.654[1] medium · 7th |
| Website | www |
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.
- ^ "Sub-national HDI - Area Database - Global Data Lab". hdi.globaldatalab.org. Archived from the original on 2018-09-23. Retrieved 2018-09-13.