Mongar: facts

At a glance

• Country: Bhutan
• Region: Mongar
• Administrative status: seat of a first-order administrative division (GeoNames code PPLA)
• Population: approximately 2,969
• Coordinates: 27.2747° N, 91.2396° E
• Time zone: Asia/Thimphu (UTC+06:00)
• Currency: Ngultrum (BTN)
• Distance to the capital, Thimphu: 159 km (99 mi), straight line

Getting there

• Yongphulla Airport (YON): 27 km (17 mi), straight line
• Bathpalathang Airport (BUT): 58 km (36 mi), straight line
• Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi International Airport (GAU, India): 134 km (83 mi), straight line

Nearby

• Pemagatshel: 31 km (19 mi)
• Trashigang: 32 km (20 mi)
• Lhuentse: 44 km (27 mi)
• Trashi Yangtse: 45 km (28 mi)
• Jakar: 57 km (35 mi)
• Nearest place with over 100,000 inhabitants: Guwahati, 131 km (82 mi)