Sarpang (district)

Sarpang District
Basic data
Country	Bhutan
Capital	Sarpang
surface	1,945.5 km²
Residents	43,915 (2012)
density	23 inhabitants per km²
ISO 3166-2	BT-31

Coordinates: 27 ° 0 '  N , 90 ° 24'  E

Sarpang ( གསར་ སྤང་ རྫོང་ ཁག་ ; also: Geylegphug, Gaylegphug, Gelephu (Sarbhang)) is one of the 20 districts ( dzongkhag ) of Bhutan . About 43,915 people (2013) live in this district. The Sarpang area covers 1945.5 km².

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

The Sarpang district is divided into 12 Gewogs :

• Chhudzom Weighed
• Chuzargang Weighed
• Dekiling Weighed
• Gakiling Weighed
• Gelephu Weighed
• Jigmechoeling Weighed
• Velvet Weighed
• Sershong Weighed
• Shompangkha Weighed
• Singye Weighed
• Taraythang Weighed
• Umling Weighed

Web links

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

• Bhutan Portal, engl.