26°50′N90°15′E / 26.833°N 90.250°E /26.833; 90.250
Sarpang District གསར་སྤང་རྫོང་ཁག། | |
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 Map of Sarpang District in Bhutan | |
| Country | Bhutan |
| Headquarters | Sarpang |
| Area | |
• Total | 1,946 km2 (751 sq mi) |
| Population (2017) | |
• Total | 46,004 |
| • Density | 23.64/km2 (61.23/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+6 (BTT) |
| HDI (2019) | 0.684[1] medium ·4th |
| Website | www |
Sarpang District (Dzongkha: གསར་སྤང་རྫོང་ཁག།;Wylie:Gsar-spang rdzong-khag; also known asGeylegphug is one of the 20dzongkhags (districts) comprisingBhutan. Sarpang covers a total area of 1,946 km2 (751 sq mi)[2] and stretches from Lhamoizhingkha in West Bhutan to Manas National Park in the east.[2] Sarpang Dzongkhag is divided into onedungkhag, Gelephu, and 12gewogs.
The dominant language in Sarpang isNepali, anIndo-European language spoken by the heterogeneousLhotshampa community. TheEast BodishKheng language is also spoken in the northeastern reaches of the district.
Sarpang District is divided into twelve village blocks (orgewogs):[3]
Much of Sarpang District consists ofenvironmentally protected areas. Far western Sarpang District (thegewog ofSenghe) contains part of the uninhabitedPhibsoo Wildlife Sanctuary along the India border; northern Sarpang District (thegewog ofJigmechhoeling) is part ofJigme Singye Wangchuck National Park; eastern and southeastern Sarpang District (thegewogs ofJigmechhoeling,Tareythang andUmling) lie withinRoyal Manas National Park. Sarpang is bisected by a wide swath ofbiological corridor connecting all three environmentally protected areas.[3][4]
On April 26, 2007, Lhamoy ZingkhaDungkhag (sub-district) was formally transferred from Sarpang Dzongkhag toDagana Dzongkhag,[5] affecting the town of Lhamozingkha and three gewogs –Lhamoizingkha,Deorali andNichula Gewogs (Zinchula) – that formed the westernmost part of Sarpang and became the southernmost part of Dagana.[6]
| Climate data for Gelephu (Bhur), Sarpang District, elevation 375 m (1,230 ft), (1996–2017 normals) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 30.0 (86.0) | 35.0 (95.0) | 33.2 (91.8) | 36.4 (97.5) | 37.0 (98.6) | 36.0 (96.8) | 38.5 (101.3) | 38.8 (101.8) | 39.0 (102.2) | 37.0 (98.6) | 35.0 (95.0) | 32.0 (89.6) | 39.0 (102.2) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 22.3 (72.1) | 24.0 (75.2) | 26.4 (79.5) | 27.6 (81.7) | 28.8 (83.8) | 29.1 (84.4) | 29.5 (85.1) | 30.2 (86.4) | 29.6 (85.3) | 28.7 (83.7) | 26.3 (79.3) | 23.8 (74.8) | 27.2 (80.9) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 17.8 (64.0) | 19.9 (67.8) | 22.4 (72.3) | 24.2 (75.6) | 25.6 (78.1) | 26.3 (79.3) | 26.7 (80.1) | 27.2 (81.0) | 26.5 (79.7) | 24.9 (76.8) | 22.0 (71.6) | 19.3 (66.7) | 23.6 (74.4) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 13.2 (55.8) | 15.8 (60.4) | 18.4 (65.1) | 20.7 (69.3) | 22.4 (72.3) | 23.5 (74.3) | 23.9 (75.0) | 24.2 (75.6) | 23.4 (74.1) | 21.1 (70.0) | 17.7 (63.9) | 14.7 (58.5) | 19.9 (67.9) |
| Record low °C (°F) | 6.0 (42.8) | 8.0 (46.4) | 10.0 (50.0) | 13.0 (55.4) | 15.5 (59.9) | 18.2 (64.8) | 19.0 (66.2) | 19.5 (67.1) | 18.5 (65.3) | 15.0 (59.0) | 10.5 (50.9) | 7.0 (44.6) | 6.0 (42.8) |
| Average rainfall mm (inches) | 16.6 (0.65) | 29.0 (1.14) | 73.6 (2.90) | 237.3 (9.34) | 445.6 (17.54) | 1,032.7 (40.66) | 1,313.7 (51.72) | 1,051.9 (41.41) | 686.2 (27.02) | 192.7 (7.59) | 16.3 (0.64) | 10.0 (0.39) | 5,105.6 (201) |
| Averagerelative humidity (%) | 70.2 | 68.9 | 69.2 | 78.8 | 82.0 | 86.5 | 87.5 | 85.9 | 83.5 | 76.6 | 71.9 | 70.5 | 77.6 |
| Source: National Center for Hydrology and Meteorology[7] | |||||||||||||
