# Lunana Gewog Gewog, Gasa Dzongkhag – Villages & Map

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

Gewog · Gasa Dzongkhag 

# Lunana Gewog

Lunana Gewog is a gewog (block of villages) of Bhutan in Gasa Dzongkhag. It covers **1,731.2 km²**. 7 named villages and localities are recorded here, and 1 mapped services such as hospitals, banks and schools.

- 1,731km²
- 1mapped services

## Where is Lunana Gewog?

Lunana Gewog lies in [Gasa Dzongkhag](https://wherepedia.org/bhutan/gasa/), [Bhutan](https://wherepedia.org/bhutan/). It borders 7 other gewogs: [Goenkhame Gewog](https://wherepedia.org/bhutan/gasa/goenkhame/), [Goenkhatoe Gewog](https://wherepedia.org/bhutan/gasa/goenkhatoe/), [Goenshari Gewog](https://wherepedia.org/bhutan/punakha/goenshari/), [Kazhi Gewog](https://wherepedia.org/bhutan/wangduephodrang/kazhi/), [Laya Gewog](https://wherepedia.org/bhutan/gasa/laya/), [Sephu Gewog](https://wherepedia.org/bhutan/wangduephodrang/sephu/) and [Toewang Gewog](https://wherepedia.org/bhutan/punakha/toewang/). By area it is the largest of 205 gewogs in Bhutan. It covers 55.2% of [Gasa Dzongkhag](https://wherepedia.org/bhutan/gasa/). The centre of Lunana Gewog is about 69 km in a straight line from Thimphu, the capital. It is about 32 km from Gasa, the main town of Gasa Dzongkhag. The centre point is at 27.9736° N, 90.0404° 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 Lunana Gewog

Open gazetteers list **7 villages, towns and localities** in Lunana Gewog.

- Esuna
- Lheydhi
- Raminang
- Thanza
- Threlga
- Toenchoe
- Tshojong

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 Lunana Gewog

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

### Hills and mountains

7 mountains.

- Tongshanjiabu · 7,105 m
- Gangkhar Puensum · 7,098 m
- Kangphu Kang I · 6,956 m
- Chomolhari Kang · 6,618 m
- Kangphu Kang II · 6,465 m
- Jejekangphu Kang · 6,414 m
- Tsenda Kang · 5,977 m

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 Lunana Gewog and the best time to visit

In Lunana Gewog, the warmest month is Jul (average 6 °C) and the coolest is Jan (-10 °C). About 632 mm of rain falls in a year; the wettest month is Jul (168 mm) and the driest Dec (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 -10 3 

Feb -8 8 

Mar -6 20 

Apr -2 36 

May 2 63 

Jun 6 91 

Jul 6 168 

Aug 6 140 

Sep 4 72 

Oct -0 27 

Nov -4 2 

Dec -7 2 

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

## Nearest hospital, bank and fuel from Lunana Gewog

Need Nearest mapped Distance 

Hospital Lunana BHU · Lunana 8.5 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=28.03428&mlon=90.09237#map=17/28.03428/90.09237) 

Bank Bhutan Development Bank · Goenkhatoe 31 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=27.90730&mlon=89.73174#map=17/27.90730/89.73174) 

Hotel Gasa Hotspring Guesthouse · Goenkhatoe 31 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=27.88798&mlon=89.73675#map=17/27.88798/89.73675) 

School Bjishong Higher Secondary School · Goenkhame 36 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=27.80980&mlon=89.72650#map=17/27.80980/89.72650) 

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 Lunana Gewog

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

- Hospitals1

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
- Laya

## Quick answers

- Where is Lunana Gewog?In Gasa Dzongkhag, Bhutan
- What borders Lunana Gewog?Goenkhame Gewog, Goenkhatoe Gewog, Goenshari Gewog, Kazhi Gewog, Laya Gewog, Sephu Gewog and Toewang Gewog
- How many villages are in Lunana Gewog?7 named settlements (GeoNames, OpenStreetMap)
- What is the highest point in Lunana Gewog?Tongshanjiabu (7,105 m, GeoNames elevation model)
- Where is the nearest hospital to Lunana Gewog?Lunana BHU, about 8.5 km from the centre
- Where is the nearest bank to Lunana Gewog?Bhutan Development Bank, about 31 km from the centre
- How many hospitals are in Lunana Gewog?1 mapped
- What is the P-code of Lunana Gewog?BT00404 (OCHA common operational dataset)