District (Bhutan)

The administrative division of Bhutan comprises 20 districts ( Dzongkhag , Dzongkha : རྫོང་ ཁག, Wylie : rdzong khag ). In seven of the 20 districts there are sub- districts ( Dungkhag ), between one and three per district.

The further subdivision takes place in blocks (Dzongkha: Gewog ), whereby not all Gewogs of a district belong to a sub-district, and partly further in Chiwogs , to which villages in the districts are united.

The Kingdom of Bhutan was originally divided into four zones (Dzongkha: Dzongdey ) at the top level . This structure is no longer used officially. The zones were Eastern, Southern, Central, and Western.

In total, there are or were six administrative levels:

• 4 zones ( Dzongdey , historical)
• 20 districts ( Dzongkhag )
• 31 sub- districts ( Dungkhag , partially)
• 201 blocks ( weighed ) and 61 cities
• 1044 Chiwogs
• Villages

Overview of the districts

No.	Dzongkhag (District)	Capital	Area km²	Population 2005	density	Zone	Dungkhag (sub- districts)	Weighed	Cities
1.	Thump	Jakar	2490	16116	6.5	Southern	-	4th	5
2.	Chukha	Chukha	1991	74387	37.4	Western film	1	11	6th
3.	Dagana	Daga	1276	18222	14.3	Central	-	11	4th
4th	Gasa	Gasa	4089	3116	0.8	Central	-	4th	1
5.	Haa	Haa	1319	11648	8.8	Western film	-	5	1
6th	Lhuntse	Lhuntse	2881	15395	5.3	Eastern	-	8th	2
7th	Mongar	Mongar	1638	37069	22.6	Eastern	-	16	4th
8th.	Paro	Paro	1693	36433	21.5	Western film	-	10	2
9.	Pemagatshel	Pemagatshel	593	13864	23.4	Eastern	-	7th	7th
10.	Punakha	Punakha	845	17715	21.0	Central	-	9	1
11.	Samdrup Jongkhar	Samdrup Jongkhar	2207	39961	18.1	Eastern	3	11	5
12.	Velvet	Velvet	1725	60100	34.8	Western film	2	16	3
13.	Sarpang	Geylegphug	2048	41549	20.3	Southern	2	15th	3
14th	Thimphu	Thimphu	1617	98676	61.0	Western film	1	10	1
15th	Trashigang	Trashigang	2171	51134	23.6	Eastern	3	16	6th
16.	Trashiyangtse	Trashiyangtse	1459	17740	12.2	Eastern	-	8th	2
17th	Trongsa	Trongsa	1815	13419	7.4	Southern	-	5	1
18th	Tsirang	Damphu	632	18667	29.5	Central	-	12	1
19th	Wangdue Phodrang	Wangdi Phodrang	4181	31135	7.4	Central	-	15th	3
20th	Zhemgang	Zhemgang	2146	18636	8.7	Southern	1	8th	3
	Bhutan	Thimphu	38816	634982	16.4		13	201	61

^[1] Only seven districts have sub-districts ( dungkhag ), and in only one (Sarpang) the sub-districts form an area-wide subdivision.

On April 26, 2007, the Lhamozingkha Dungkhag (sub-district) was formally transferred from Sarpang Dzongkhag to Dagana Dzongkhag. This affected three Gewog (Lhamozingkha, Deorali and Nichula (Zinchula) and the city of Lhamozingkha) that formed the westernmost part of the Sarpang Dzongkhag and now form the southernmost part of the Dagana Dzongkhag. This change is not yet reflected in the table above.

Statistical information on the zones

Dzongdey (zone)	Capital	Area km²	Population 2005	density	Dzongkhag (districts)
Central	Damphu	11023	88855	8.1	5
Eastern	Mongar	10949	175163	16.0	6th
Southern	Geylegphug	8499	89720	10.6	4th
Western film	Thimphu	8345	281244	33.7	5
Bhutan	Thimphu	38816	634982	16.4	20th

See also

• List of the administrative divisions of Bhutan
• Dzong

Web links

• Dzongkhags. In: National Portal of Bhutan. Ministry of Information and Communications, accessed February 17, 2017 . 

Individual evidence

1. ^ Subdistricts of Bhutan. statoids.com, accessed on February 17, 2017 . 
2. ^ Sarpang Dzongkha News. Dzongkhag Administration, Sarpang: Bhutan., Archived from the original ; accessed on February 17, 2017 (English). 
3. ↑ Dagana Dzongkha. (PDF, 14.8 MB) Election Commission, Government of Bhutan , February 19, 2016, accessed on February 15, 2017 .