Punakha District
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Punakha district
སྤུ་ན་ཁ་རྫོང་ཁག | |
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District | |
Country | Bhutan |
Headquarters | Punakha |
Area | |
• Total | 1,110 km2 (430 sq mi) |
Population (2017) | |
• Total | 28,740 |
• Density | 26/km2 (67/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+6 (BTT) |
HDI (2017) | 0.654[1] medium · 7th |
Website | www |
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Punakha District (Dzongkha: སྤུ་ན་ཁ་རྫོང་ཁག་; Wylie: Spu-na-kha rdzong-khag) is one of the 20 dzongkhags (districts) comprising Bhutan. It is bordered by Thimphu, Gasa, and Wangdue Phodrang Districts. The dominant language in the district is Dzongkha, the national language.