Mongar District
Coordinates: 27°10′N 91°10′E / 27.167°N 91.167°E
Location of Mongar District within Bhutan
Mongar District is one of the 20 districts in Bhutan. The administrative centre is Mongar.
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. Parts of both the Thrumshingla National Park and Bumdeling Wildlife Sanctuary are in the district.
There are seventeen village blocks:
- Balam Gewog
- Chaskhar Gewog
- Chhali Gewog
- Drametse Gewog
- Drepung Gewog
- Gongdue Gewog
- Jurmey Gewog
- Kengkhar Gewog
- Mongar Gewog
- Narang Gewog
- Ngatshang Gewog
- Saleng Gewog
- Sherimung Gewog
- Silambi Gewog
- Thangrong Gewog
- Tsakaling Gewog
- Tsamang Gewog
Mongar District Media
A view of Mongar Town, Mongar Didtrict, Bhutan
Regional Referral Hospital, Mongar
Kuri Chu river flowing below the Lhuentse Dzong.
