# Laya Gewog Gewog, Gasa Dzongkhag – Villages, Map & Nearest Services

> Source: https://wherepedia.org/bhutan/gasa/laya/

Gewog · Gasa Dzongkhag 

# Laya Gewog

Laya Gewog is a gewog (block of villages) of Bhutan in Gasa Dzongkhag. It covers **967.0 km²**. 2 named villages and localities are recorded here, and 2 mapped services such as hospitals, banks and schools.

- 967km²
- 2mapped services
- 3,809 mtypical elevation

## Where is Laya Gewog?

Laya Gewog lies in [Gasa Dzongkhag](https://wherepedia.org/bhutan/gasa/), [Bhutan](https://wherepedia.org/bhutan/). It borders 3 other gewogs: [Goenkhatoe Gewog](https://wherepedia.org/bhutan/gasa/goenkhatoe/), [Lingzhi Gewog](https://wherepedia.org/bhutan/thimphu/lingzhi/) and [Lunana Gewog](https://wherepedia.org/bhutan/gasa/lunana/). By area it is the 4th largest of 205 gewogs in Bhutan. It covers 30.9% of [Gasa Dzongkhag](https://wherepedia.org/bhutan/gasa/). The centre of Laya Gewog is about 67 km in a straight line from Thimphu, the capital. It is about 19 km from Gasa, the main town of Gasa Dzongkhag. The centre point is at 28.0700° N, 89.6770° E.

Source: [OCHA ROAP via HDX, Bhutan administrative boundaries (COD-AB, CC BY-IGO)](https://data.humdata.org/dataset/cod-ab-btn).

## Villages and localities in Laya Gewog

Open gazetteers list **2 villages, towns and localities** in Laya Gewog. The largest with a recorded population: Laya (2,000).

- Laya
- Lungo

Source: [GeoNames (CC BY 4.0) — settlements, natural and historic features](https://www.geonames.org/); [© OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), Geofabrik extract — named settlements](https://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright).

## Landscape and landmarks of Laya Gewog

Named natural and historic features inside Laya Gewog, from the GeoNames gazetteer.

### Hills and mountains

1 mountain.

- Masang Kang · 5,936 m

### History

1 fort.

- Gasa Dzong

Source: [GeoNames (CC BY 4.0) — settlements, natural and historic features](https://www.geonames.org/).

Places of worship are not listed. Elevations are from the GeoNames terrain model and are approximate.

## Weather in Laya Gewog and the best time to visit

In Laya Gewog, the warmest month is Jul (average 8 °C) and the coolest is Jan (-8 °C). About 617 mm of rain falls in a year; the wettest month is Jul (164 mm) and the driest Nov (2 mm). No month is both mild and dry, so plan around the rains.

- Jan
- Feb
- Mar
- Apr
- May
- Jun
- Jul
- Aug
- Sep
- Oct
- Nov
- Dec

Month Average °C Rain mm 

Jan -8 3 

Feb -7 8 

Mar -4 22 

Apr -0 34 

May 3 62 

Jun 7 83 

Jul 8 164 

Aug 8 139 

Sep 6 72 

Oct 1 26 

Nov -3 2 

Dec -6 2 

Source: [NASA POWER climatology, retrieved 2026-10-29](https://power.larc.nasa.gov/).

## Nearest hospital, bank and fuel from Laya Gewog

Need Nearest mapped Distance 

Hospital Laya BHU · Laya 1.1 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=28.06176&mlon=89.68307#map=17/28.06176/89.68307) 

Bank Bhutan Development Bank · Goenkhatoe 19 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=27.90730&mlon=89.73174#map=17/27.90730/89.73174) 

Hotel Gasa Hotspring Guesthouse · Goenkhatoe 21 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=27.88798&mlon=89.73675#map=17/27.88798/89.73675) 

School Laya lower school · Laya 1.1 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=28.06175&mlon=89.68279#map=17/28.06175/89.68279) 

Source: [Overture Maps places (CDLA-Permissive-2.0) and © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)](https://overturemaps.org/).

Straight-line distance from the centre of the division, within 40 km.

## Hospitals, banks and other services in Laya Gewog

Places mapped inside Laya Gewog in open map data, by type.

- Hospitals1
- Schools1

Source: [Overture Maps places (CDLA-Permissive-2.0) and © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)](https://overturemaps.org/).

Coverage depends on what has been mapped; contact details are not shown.

## Other gewogs in Gasa Dzongkhag

- Goenkhame
- Goenkhatoe
- Lunana

## Quick answers

- Where is Laya Gewog?In Gasa Dzongkhag, Bhutan
- What borders Laya Gewog?Goenkhatoe Gewog, Lingzhi Gewog and Lunana Gewog
- How many villages are in Laya Gewog?2 named settlements (GeoNames, OpenStreetMap)
- What is the highest point in Laya Gewog?Masang Kang (5,936 m, GeoNames elevation model)
- Where is the nearest hospital to Laya Gewog?Laya BHU, about 1.1 km from the centre
- Where is the nearest bank to Laya Gewog?Bhutan Development Bank, about 19 km from the centre
- How many hospitals are in Laya Gewog?1 mapped
- What is the P-code of Laya Gewog?BT00403 (OCHA common operational dataset)