Mongar District

27°10′N 91°10′E / 27.167°N 91.167°E / 27.167; 91.167

Mongar district
མོང་སྒར་རྫོང་ཁག
District
Map of Mongar District in Bhutan
Map of Mongar District in Bhutan
Country Bhutan
DistrictMongar District
Area
 • Total2,859 km2 (1,104 sq mi)
Elevation
1,600 m (5,200 ft)
Population
 (2017)
 • Total37,150
 • Density13/km2 (34/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+6 (BTT)
HDI (2019)0.602[1]
medium · 17th of 20
Websitewww.mongar.gov.bt

Mongar District (Dzongkha: མོང་སྒར་རྫོང་ཁག་; Wylie: Mong-sgar rdzong-khag) is one of the 20 dzongkhags (districts) comprising Bhutan. Mongar is the fastest-developing dzongkhag in eastern Bhutan. A regional hospital has been constructed and the region is bustling with many economic activities. Mongar is noted for its lemon grass, a plant that can be used to produce an essential oil. It also has a hydroelectric power-plant on the Kuri Chhu river. Mongar is notable for having the longest work time in all the dzongkhags of Bhutan.[2]

  1. ^ "Sub-national HDI - Area Database - Global Data Lab". hdi.globaldatalab.org. Retrieved 2018-09-13.
  2. ^ http://www.grossnationalhappiness.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Final-GNH-Report-jp-21.3.17-ilovepdf-compressed.pdf [bare URL PDF]

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