Punakha (District)

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Punakha district
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Basic data
Country Bhutan
Capital Punakha
surface 1108 km²
Residents 28,740 (2017)
density 26 inhabitants per km²
ISO 3166-2 BT-23
Punakha-Dzong, monastery fortress in Punakha
Punakha-Dzong , monastery fortress in Punakha

Coordinates: 27 ° 42 '  N , 89 ° 48'  E

Punakha ( སྤུ་ ན་ ཁ་ རྫོང་ ཁག ) is one of the 20 districts ( dzongkhag ) of Bhutan . About 26,541 people (2012) live in this district. The Punakha area covers 1108 km².

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

The Punakha district is in turn divided into 11 Gewogs :

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