Paro
Paro is a town and seat of Paro District, in the Paro Valley of Bhutan. It is a historic town with many sacred sites and historical buildings scattered throughout the area.
- City with about 2,360 residents
- …lies at an elevation of around 2,270 metres (7,430 feet)
- …has the IATA airport code PBH
- Description: city in Bhutan
- Also known as“Paro Dzong”“Paro, Bhutan”“Rimpung Dzong”“སྤ་རོ།”
Places of Interest
Discover National Museum of Bhutan and Jangtsa Dumtseg Lhakhang.
National Museum of Bhutan
National Museum of Bhutan is a cultural museum in the town of Paro in western Bhutan.
Jangtsa Dumtseg Lhakhang
Jangtsa Dumtseg Lhakhang or Dungtse Lhakhang is a Buddhist temple in western Bhutan.
Paro
- Category: locality
- Location
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Latitude
27.4308° or 27° 25′ 51″ north
Longitude
89.413° or 89° 24′ 47″ east
UN/LOCODE
BT PBH
Open location code
7MVFCCJ7+85
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place = city
Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Amharic to Welsh—“Paro” goes by many names.
ፓሮAmharic
باروArabic
ՊարոArmenian
Պարո (քաղաք)Armenian
পাৰোAssamese
ParoAsturian
ParoAzerbaijani
ПароBelarusian
পারোBengali
পারো, ভুটানBengali
ПароBulgarian
ParoCebuano
Paro (kapital sa rehiyon)Cebuano
ПароChechen
帕罗Chinese
帕羅Chinese
ParoCzech
ParoDanish
ParoDutch
པ་རོ་Dzongkha
སྤ་རོ་Dzongkha
باروEgyptian Arabic
ParoEsperanto
פארוHebrew
परोHindi
पारो-भूटानHindi
ParoHungarian
ParoIndonesian
Paro, BhutanIndonesian
ParoItalian
パロJapanese
ParoJavanese
ParoKarekare
ПароKazakh
ПароKirghiz
파로Korean
ParasLithuanian
पारोMagahi
पारो, भूटानMagahi
ParoMalay
പാറൊMalayalam
პაროMingrelian
पारोNepali
पारो, भुटानNepali
ParoNorwegian Bokmål
ParoNorwegian Nynorsk
Paro (distriktshuvudort)Swedish
ПароTajik
பாரோTamil
பாரோ, பூடான்Tamil
ПароTatar
ปาโรThai
ParoTurkish
Paro, BhutanTurkish
ПароUkrainian
پاروUrdu
پارو، بھوٹانUrdu
ParoUzbek
ParoWelsh
Paro, BhutanWelsh
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