Laya
Laya is a town in Laya Gewog in Gasa District in northwestern Bhutan. It is inhabited by the indigenous Layap people, and is the highest settlement in the country at 3,820 meters above sea level.- Type: Village with 2,000 residents
- Description: place in Gasa District, Bhutan
- Also known as: “Laya, Bhutan”
Laya
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: Gasa District, Bhutan, South Asia, Asia
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Latitude
28.06166° or 28° 3′ 42″ north
Longitude
89.68327° or 89° 40′ 60″ east
Population
2,000
Elevation
3,825 metres (12,549 feet)
Open location code
7MWF3M6M+M8
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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