Mongar (District)

Mongar District
Basic data
Country	Bhutan
Capital	Mongar
surface	1947 km²
Residents	42,119 (2012)
density	22 inhabitants per km²
ISO 3166-2	BT-42
Regional Referral Hospital Mongar

Coordinates: 27 ° 12 '  N , 91 ° 12'  E

Mongar ( མོང་ སྒར་ རྫོང་ ཁག་ , also: Monggar or Mongor) is one of the 20 districts ( dzongkhag ) of Bhutan . About 42,119 people (2012) live in this district. The Mongar area covers 1947 km².

The capital of the district is of the same name Mongar .

The district of Mongar is in turn divided into 17 Gewogs :

• Balam Weighed
• Chaskhar Weighed
• Chhali Weighed
• Drametse Weighed
• Drepung Weighed
• Gongdue Weighed
• Jurmey Weighed
• Kengkhar Weighed
• Mongar Weighed
• Narang Weighed
• Ngatshang Weighed
• Saleng Weighed
• Sherimung Weighed
• Silambi Weighed
• Thangrong Weighed
• Tsakaling Weighed
• Tsamang Weighed

Web links

Commons : Mongar District  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Bhutan Portal, engl.