Pemagatshel: facts

At a glance

• Country: Bhutan
• Region: Pemagatshel
• Administrative status: seat of a first-order administrative division (GeoNames code PPLA)
• Population: approximately 13,864
• Coordinates: 27.0379° N, 91.4030° E
• Time zone: Asia/Thimphu (UTC+06:00)
• Currency: Ngultrum (BTN)
• Distance to the capital, Thimphu: 180 km (112 mi), straight line

Getting there

• Yongphulla Airport (YON): 27 km (17 mi), straight line
• Bathpalathang Airport (BUT): 87 km (54 mi), straight line
• Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi International Airport (GAU, India): 105 km (65 mi), straight line

Nearby

• Samdrup Jongkhar: 28 km (18 mi)
• Mongar: 31 km (19 mi)
• Trashigang: 36 km (22 mi)
• Mushalpur, India: 51 km (32 mi)
• Trashi Yangtse: 64 km (40 mi)
• Nearest place with over 100,000 inhabitants: Guwahati, 101 km (63 mi)