Gasa District

Gasa is a town near in in northwestern . At the 2005 census, its population was 3,116. One of the twenty Dzongkhags of Bhutan, Gasa is an important northern Dzongkhag bordering Tibet.
Wikipedia
  • Type: human settlement with 3,500 residents
  • Description: place in Gasa District, Bhutan
  • Also known as: “Gasa”, “Gasa Dzongkhag”, “Gasa, Bhutan”, and “Mgar-sa rdzong-khag”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Gasa Dzong.

Building
Photo: Cfynn, CC BY-SA 3.0.
or Gasa Tashi Thongmön Dzong near Gasa is the administrative center of in the northwestern region of . The dzong was built in the 17th century by Tenzin Drukdra the second Druk Desi over the site of a meditation place established by Drubthob Terkungpa in the 13th century.

Gasa District

Latitude
27.9131° or 27° 54′ 47″ north
Longitude
89.7089° or 89° 42′ 32″ east
Population
3,500
Elevation
3,381 metres (11,093 feet)
Open location code
7MVFWP75+7G
Geo­Names ID
7303651
Wiki­data ID
Q2079109
This page is based on GeoNames, Wikidata, Wikimedia Commons, and Wikipedia.
We’d love your help improving our open data sources. Thank you for contributing.

Satellite Map

Discover Gasa District from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
© Stadia Maps, Airbus DS, CNES, PlanetObserver, and Copernicus

In Other Languages

From Amharic to Uzbek—“Gasa District” goes by many names.
  • Amharic: “ጋሳ”
  • Azerbaijani: “Gasa”
  • Bengali: “গাসা”
  • Cebuano: “Gasa”
  • Chechen: “Гаса”
  • Dutch: “Gasa”
  • Dzongkha: “མགར་ས་རྫོང་ཁག་”
  • Estonian: “Gasa”
  • French: “Gasa”
  • German: “Gasa”
  • Hausa: “Gasa”
  • Irish: “Gasa”
  • Japanese: “ガサ”
  • Javanese: “Gasa”
  • Kazakh: “Газа”
  • Kirghiz: “Газа”
  • Malay: “Gasa”
  • Oromo: “Gasa”
  • Panjabi: “ਗਾਸਾ”
  • Persian: “گاسا”
  • Portuguese: “Gasa”
  • Pushto: “ګاسا”
  • Russian: “Гаса”
  • Santali: “ᱜᱟᱥᱟ”
  • Somali: “Gasa”
  • Spanish: “Gasa”
  • Swahili: “Gasa”
  • Swedish: “Gasa”
  • Tajik: “Газа”
  • Tatar: “Газа”
  • Tatar: “Гаса”
  • Ukrainian: “Гаса”
  • Urdu: “گاسا، بھوٹان”
  • Uzbek: “Gasa”

Places with the Same Name

Discover other places named “Gasa District”.

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Gasa and Tamji.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Gasa Dzong and Jigme Dorji National Park.

Bhutan: Must-Visit Destinations

Delve into Thimphu, Paro, Punakha, and Phuentsholing.

Curious Places to Discover

Uncover intriguing places from every corner of the globe.