Sarpang District

26°50′N 90°15′E / 26.833°N 90.250°E / 26.833; 90.250

Sarpang District
གསར་སྤང་རྫོང་ཁག
District
Map of Sarpang District in Bhutan
Map of Sarpang District in Bhutan
CountryBhutan
HeadquartersSarpang
Area
 • Total1,946 km2 (751 sq mi)
Population
 (2017)
 • Total46,004
 • Density24/km2 (61/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+6 (BTT)
HDI (2019)0.684[1]
medium · 4th
Websitewww.sarpang.gov.bt

Sarpang District (Dzongkha: གསར་སྤང་རྫོང་ཁག་; Wylie: Gsar-spang rdzong-khag; also known as "Geylegphug") is one of the 20 dzongkhags (districts) comprising Bhutan. Sarpang covers a total area of 1,946 km2 (751 sq mi)[2] and stretches from Lhamoizhingkha in West Bhutan to Manas National Park in the east.[2] Sarpang Dzongkhag is divided into one dungkhag, Gelephu, and 12 gewogs.

  1. ^ "Sub-national HDI - Area Database - Global Data Lab". hdi.globaldatalab.org. Retrieved 2018-09-13.
  2. ^ a b Facts about Bhutan The Land of the Thunder Dragon.

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