Punakha

Punakha is the administrative centre of , one of the 20 districts of . Punakha was the capital of Bhutan and the seat of government until 1955, when the capital was moved to .
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  • Town with 21,500 residents
  • …lies at an elevation of 1,293 metres (4,242 feet)
  • Description: city in Bhutan
  • Also known as
    “Punāka”
    “Punākla”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Khuruthang.
is a city in Punakha district located a few kilometers from Punakha.

Punakha

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Latitude
27.5843° or 27° 35′ 3″ north
Longitude
89.8593° or 89° 51′ 34″ east
Open location code
7MVFHVM5+PP
Open­Street­Map ID
node 9448364488
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
1252479
Wiki­data ID
Q826112

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In Other Languages

From Amharic to Uzbek—“Punakha” goes by many names.
  • Amharic: “ፑናካ”
  • Arabic: “بوناخا”
  • Arabic: “بونخا”
  • Armenian: “Պունակխա”
  • Assamese: “পুনাখা”
  • Asturian: “Punakha”
  • Azerbaijani: “Punakha”
  • Belarusian: “Пунакха”
  • Bengali: “পুনাখা”
  • Bulgarian: “Пунака (град)”
  • Bulgarian: “Пунака”
  • Catalan: “Punaka”
  • Catalan: “Punakha”
  • Cebuano: “Punākha”
  • Chechen: “Пунакха”
  • Chinese: “Pǔ nà kǎ”
  • Chinese: “普那卡”
  • Czech: “Punákha”
  • Danish: “Punakha”
  • Dutch: “Dzongkhag Punakha”
  • Dutch: “Punakha”
  • Dzongkha: “སྤུ་ན་ཁ་”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “بونخا”
  • Esperanto: “Punaĥo”
  • Estonian: “Punakha”
  • Finnish: “Punakha”
  • French: “Punakha”
  • Georgian: “პუნაქა”
  • German: “Punakha”
  • Greek: “Πουνάκα”
  • Greek: “Πουνάχα”
  • Hausa: “Punakha”
  • Hebrew: “פונקה”
  • Hindi: “पुनाखा”
  • Indonesian: “Punakha”
  • Italian: “Punaka”
  • Italian: “Punakha”
  • Italian: “Punhaka”
  • Japanese: “プナカ”
  • Javanese: “Punakha”
  • Kazakh: “Пунакха”
  • Kirghiz: “Пунакха”
  • Korean: “푸나카”
  • Lithuanian: “Punaka”
  • Malay: “Punakha”
  • Mingrelian: “პუნაქა”
  • Nepali: “पुनाखा”
  • Oromo: “Punakha”
  • Panjabi: “ਪੁਨਾਖਾ”
  • Persian: “پوناخا”
  • Polish: “Punakha”
  • Polish: “Punakʽa”
  • Portuguese: “Punakha”
  • Pushto: “پوناخا”
  • Russian: “Пунакха”
  • Santali: “ᱯᱩᱱᱟᱠᱷᱟ”
  • Serbian: “Пунака”
  • Slovak: “Punakha”
  • Slovenian: “Punakha”
  • Somali: “Punakha”
  • Spanish: “Distrito de Punakha”
  • Spanish: “Punaja”
  • Spanish: “Punakha”
  • Swahili: “Punakha”
  • Swedish: “Khuru”
  • Swedish: “Punakha”
  • Tajik: “Пунакха”
  • Tatar: “Пунакха”
  • Tatar: “Пунакһа”
  • Thai: “ปูนาคา”
  • Thai: “พูนาคา”
  • Thai: “มณฑลพูนาคา”
  • Turkish: “Punakha”
  • Ukrainian: “Пунакха”
  • Urdu: “پوناکھا”
  • Uzbek: “Punakha”

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