Phobjikha

The Phobjikha Valley ཕོབ་སྦྱིས་ཁ spelled as Pho-sbis-kha, is a vast U-shaped valley in central Bhutan. The valley houses one of the impressive ancient Buddhist monasteries in Bhutan known as Gangteng Monastery of the Nyingma sect in central .
Tap on a place
to explore it
  • Type: Valley with an elevation of 2,837 metres
  • Description: valley in Bhutan
  • Also known as: Phobjikha Valley

Phobjikha

Latitude
27.4659° or 27° 27′ 57″ north
Longitude
90.1766° or 90° 10′ 36″ east
Elevation
2,837 metres (9,308 feet)
Open location code
7MVGF58G+9J
Geo­Names ID
11670040
Wiki­data ID
Q7186615
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 Phobjikha from above in high-definition satellite imagery.

In Other Languages

From Bengali to Tamil—“Phobjikha” goes by many names.
  • Bengali: ফোবজিকা উপত্যকা
  • Chinese: 伯茲卡
  • Dzongkha: ཕོབ་སྦྱིས་ཁ་ལུང་གཤོང་
  • Dzongkha: ཕོབ་སྦྱིས་ཁའི་ལུང་གཤོང་
  • Dzongkha: ཕོབ་སྦྱིས་དགའ་བའི་ཐང་
  • German: Phobjikha-Tal
  • Japanese: フォブジカ谷
  • Malayalam: ഫോബ്‍ജിഖ വാലി
  • Russian: Пхобджика
  • Russian: Пхобжикха
  • Slovenian: Dolina Phobjikha
  • Spanish: Valle de Phobjika
  • Tamil: போப்ஜிகா பள்ளத்தாக்கு, பூடான்
  • Tamil: போப்ஜிகா பள்ளத்தாக்கு

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Phobjikha and Zhuga.

Western Bhutan: Must-Visit Destinations

Delve into Thimphu, Paro, Phuentsholing, and Punakha.

Explore These Curated Destinations

Discover places selected for their distinct character and enduring appeal.
About Mapcarta. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Phobjikha”. Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY 2.0.