Zhemgang (District)

Zhemgang District
Basic data
Country	Bhutan
Capital	Zhemgang
surface	2,421.7 km²
Residents	20,380 (2011)
density	8.4 inhabitants per km²
ISO 3166-2	BT-34

Coordinates: 27 ° 0 '  N , 90 ° 48'  E

Zhemgang ( གཞལམ་ སྒང་ རྫོང་ ཁག་ ; formerly: Shemgang) is one of the 20 districts ( dzongkhag ) of Bhutan . About 20,380 people (2011) live in this district. The Zhemgang area covers 2,421.7 km².

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

The district of Zhemgang is in turn divided into 8 Gewogs :

• Bardho Weighed
• Bjoka Weighed
• Goshing Weighed
• Nangkor Weighed
• Ngangla Weighed
• Pangkhar Weighed
• Shingkhar Weighed
• Trong Weighed

Web links

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

• Bhutan Portal, engl.