Jakar
Located in central Bhutan, Jakar is renowned as a center of Vajrayana Buddhism, particularly the Nyingma tradition, and is home to numerous monasteries and sacred sites.
- Town with about 6,240 residents
- …lies at an elevation of around 2,590 metres (8,490 feet)
- …has the IATA airport code BUT
- Description: town in Bhutan
- Also known as“Bjakar”“Bumthang”“Bya-kar”“Jokhar Dzong”“བྱ་ཀར་”
Places of Interest
Discover Bathpalathang Airport and Jakar Dzong.
Bathpalathang Airport
Aerodrome
Bathpalathang Airport is a domestic Bhutanese airport in Jakar, Bumthang District.
Jakar
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Latitude
27.5496° or 27° 32′ 59″ north
Longitude
90.7527° or 90° 45′ 10″ east
Open location code
7MVGGQX3+V3
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place = town
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
Satellite Map
See this place from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Amharic to Uzbek—“Jakar” goes by many names.
ጃካርAmharic
جاكارArabic
JakarAsturian
CakarAzerbaijani
জাকারBengali
JakarCebuano
ДжакарChechen
Jiǎ kǎ’ěrChinese
DzsakarHungarian
JakarIndonesian
JakarIrish
JakarItalian
ジェイカー町Japanese
ジャカルJapanese
JakarJavanese
ДжакарKazakh
ДжакарKirghiz
DžakarasLithuanian
JakarMalay
जाकरNepali
JakarOromo
ਜਾਕਾਰPanjabi
جاکارPersian
JakarSwedish
ДжакарTajik
ДжакарTatar
JakarTurkish
ДжакарUkrainian
جاکرUrdu
JakarUzbek
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