Paro (district)

Paro District
Basic data
Country	Bhutan
Capital	Paro
surface	1693 km²
Residents	38,613 (2012)
density	23 inhabitants per km²
ISO 3166-2	BT-11
Paro City and Paro Dzong in September 2006

Coordinates: 27 ° 26 '  N , 89 ° 25'  E

Paro ( སྤ་ རོ་ རྫོང་ ཁག་ ) is one of the 20 districts ( dzongkhag ) of Bhutan . About 38,613 people live in this district. The Paro area covers 1693 km². The capital of the district is Paro - it has the only international airport in Bhutan .

The district of Paro is again divided into 10 Gewogs :

• Dogar Weighed
• Dopshari Weighed
• Doteng Weighed
• Hungrel Weighed
• Lamgong Weighed
• Lungnyi Weighed
• Well weighed
• Sharpa Weighed
• Tsento Weighed
• Wangchang Weighed

Web links

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

• Bhutan Portal, engl.