Mongar
Mongar (Dzongkha: མོང་སྒར) is a town and the seat of Mongar District in eastern Bhutan.[1] As of 2005 it had a population of 3502. Mongar is on the road from Thimphu to Trashigang. It is one of the oldest educational hubs of the country. It has a regional hospital and a good standard hotel, among other facilities. The important Yagang Lhakhang monastery is on the outskirts of the town. The post code for Mongar post office is 43001.[2]
Mongar | |
|---|---|
  Mongar Location in Bhutan | |
| Coordinates: 27°16′30″N 91°14′24″E | |
| Country |  Bhutan |
| District | Mongar District |
| Elevation | 5,200 ft (1,600 m) |
| Population (2005) | |
| • Total | 3,502 |
| Time zone | UTC+6 (BTT) |
| Area code | 05 |
View of Mongar town
Regional Referral Hospital, Mongar
Climate
Mongar features a dry-winter humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cwa).
| Climate data for Mongar, 1996–2018 | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Average high °C (°F) | 16.6 (61.9) |
19.0 (66.2) |
21.9 (71.4) |
23.8 (74.8) |
25.3 (77.5) |
26.6 (79.9) |
26.7 (80.1) |
27.3 (81.1) |
26.2 (79.2) |
24.4 (75.9) |
20.8 (69.4) |
17.8 (64.0) |
23.0 (73.5) |
| Average low °C (°F) | 5.8 (42.4) |
7.5 (45.5) |
10.6 (51.1) |
13.2 (55.8) |
15.3 (59.5) |
17.6 (63.7) |
18.1 (64.6) |
18.1 (64.6) |
17.1 (62.8) |
13.6 (56.5) |
9.9 (49.8) |
7.2 (45.0) |
12.8 (55.1) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 6.0 (0.24) |
10.8 (0.43) |
37.7 (1.48) |
77.6 (3.06) |
92.4 (3.64) |
132.9 (5.23) |
191.5 (7.54) |
159.9 (6.30) |
109.0 (4.29) |
72.7 (2.86) |
3.0 (0.12) |
3.8 (0.15) |
897.3 (35.34) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 0.9 | 1.6 | 5.4 | 9.0 | 9.7 | 13.1 | 16.8 | 14.4 | 10.4 | 4.4 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 87.4 |
| Source: World Meteorological Organization[3] | |||||||||||||
References
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Mongar (town).
- National Geospatial Intelligence Agency
- Bhutan Post post codes list http://www.bhutanpost.bt/documents/postcodes.pdf Archived 2017-12-26 at the Wayback Machine
- "World Weather Information Service". World Meteorological Organization – Mongar. Retrieved November 1, 2022.
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