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Bhutan
Wangdue Phodrang District

Wangdue Phodrang

Wangdue Phodrang is a town and capital of in central . It is located in Thedtsho Gewog. Khothang Rinchenling…
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  • Type: Town with 8,950 residents
  • Description: city in Bhutan
  • Also known as: “Du Phodrang”, “Wangdiphodrang”, and “Wangdu Phodrang”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Bajothang and Pajo.

is a town in . It is the largest town of Wangdue Phodrang district.

Hamlet
is a town in in . is situated 5 km northwest of Wangdue Phodrang.

is a city in Punakha district located a few kilometers from .

Wangdue Phodrang

Latitude
27.48831° or 27° 29′ 18″ north
Longitude
89.90063° or 89° 54′ 2″ east
Population
8,950
Elevation
1,273 metres (4,177 feet)
Open location code
7MVFFWQ2+87
Open­Street­Map ID
node 9308268386
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
1252395
Wiki­data ID
Q1715095
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Urdu—“Wangdue Phodrang” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “وانغدو فودرانغ”
  • Catalan: “Wangdue Phodrang”
  • Cebuano: “Wangdue Phodrang”
  • Chechen: “Вангди-Пходранг”
  • Chinese: “Wàng dù bō dé lǎng”
  • Chinese: “旺杜波德朗”
  • Czech: “Wangdü Phodrang”
  • Dutch: “Wangdue Phodrang”
  • Dzongkha: “ཝན་ཌུ་ ཕོཌར་ག”
  • French: “Wangdiphodrang”
  • French: “Wangdue Phodrang”
  • German: “Wangdue Phodrang”
  • Hebrew: “ואנגדי פודרנג”
  • Hebrew: “ואנגי פודרנג”
  • Italian: “Wangdue Phodrang”
  • Japanese: “ワンデュ・ポダン”
  • Lithuanian: “Vangdi Phodrangas”
  • Mingrelian: “უანგდი-ფოდრანგი”
  • Mingrelian: “უანგდიფოდრანგი”
  • Persian: “ونگدو فودرانگ”
  • Polish: “Wangdü Pʽodrang”
  • Polish: “Wangdue Phodrang”
  • Portuguese: “Wangdue Phodrang”
  • Romanian: “Wangdiphodrang”
  • Russian: “Вангди-Пходранг”
  • Santali: “ᱣᱟᱝᱫᱩ ᱯᱷᱚᱫᱽᱨᱟᱝ”
  • Slovenian: “Vangdue Phodrang”
  • Spanish: “Wangdue Phodrang”
  • Swedish: “Wangdue Phodrang”
  • Tatar: “Вангди-Пходранг”
  • Tibetan: “དབང་འདུས་ཕོ་བྲང་”
  • Ukrainian: “Вангді-Пходранг”
  • Urdu: “وانگدو پھودرانگ”

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