Sarpang

Sarpang
Sarpang
Location in Bhutan
Coordinates: 27°2′N 90°25′E / 27.033°N 90.417°E / 27.033; 90.417Coordinates: 27°2′N 90°25′E / 27.033°N 90.417°E / 27.033; 90.417
Country Bhutan
District Sarpang District
Elevation 369 m (1,211 ft)
Population (2012)
 • Total 10,416
Time zone UTC+6 (BTT)

Sarpang[1] [2], also transliterated as Sarbhang or Sarbang[3] is a thromde or town in Sarpang District in southern Bhutan.[4]

Post office in Sarpang, Bhutan

References

  1. ↑ official name, see approved thromdes & boundaries 2010, part 3 on the website of the Ministry of Works and Human Settlements http://www.mowhs.gov.bt/publications/approved-thromde-and-boundaries/
  2. ↑ see information provided by the Sarpang Dzongkhag Administration: http://www.sarpang.gov.bt/?page_id=434
  3. ↑ see "Change of name of Post Offices in Bhutan" by Leo van der Velden in Postal Himal no.162, 2nd Quarter 2015 http://himalaya.socanth.cam.ac.uk/collections/journals/postalhimal/pdf/PH_2015_002.pdf
  4. ↑ "NGA GeoName Database". National Geospatial Intelligence Agency. Archived from the original on 2008-06-08. Retrieved 2008-07-05.


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