Zhemgang District

27°0′N 90°45′E / 27.000°N 90.750°E / 27.000; 90.750

Zhemgang district
གཞམས་སྒང་རྫོང་ཁག
District
Map of Zhemgang District in Bhutan
Map of Zhemgang District in Bhutan
CountryBhutan
HeadquartersZhemgang
Area
 • Total2,421 km2 (935 sq mi)
Population
 (2017)
 • Total17,763
 • Density7.3/km2 (19/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+6 (BTT)
HDI (2019)0.603[1]
medium · 16th of 20
Websitewww.zhemgang.gov.bt

Zhemgang District (Dzongkha: གཞམས་སྒང་རྫོང་ཁག་; Wylie transliteration: Gzhams-sgang rdzong-khag; previously "Shemgang"), is one of the 20 dzongkhags (districts) comprising Bhutan. It is bordered by Sarpang, Trongsa, Bumthang, Mongar and Pemagatshel Districts, and borders Assam in India to the south. The administrative center of the district is Zhemgang.

  1. ^ "Sub-national HDI - Area Database - Global Data Lab". hdi.globaldatalab.org. Retrieved 2018-09-13.