# Minjay Gewog Gewog, Lhuentse Dzongkhag – Villages & Map

> Source: https://wherepedia.org/bhutan/lhuentse/minjay/

Gewog · Lhuentse Dzongkhag 

# Minjay Gewog

Minjay Gewog is a gewog (block of villages) of Bhutan in Lhuentse Dzongkhag. It covers **137.9 km²**. 14 named villages and localities are recorded here, and 1 mapped services such as hospitals, banks and schools.

- 138km²
- 1mapped services
- 1,346 mtypical elevation

## Where is Minjay Gewog?

Minjay Gewog lies in [Lhuentse Dzongkhag](https://wherepedia.org/bhutan/lhuentse/), [Bhutan](https://wherepedia.org/bhutan/). It borders 5 other gewogs: [Khoma Gewog](https://wherepedia.org/bhutan/lhuentse/khoma/), [Menbi Gewog](https://wherepedia.org/bhutan/lhuentse/menbi/), [Shermung Gewog](https://wherepedia.org/bhutan/monggar/shermung/), [Trashiyangtse Gewog](https://wherepedia.org/bhutan/yangtse/trashiyangtse/) and [Tsenkhar Gewog](https://wherepedia.org/bhutan/lhuentse/tsenkhar/). By area it is the 79th largest of 205 gewogs in Bhutan. It covers 4.8% of [Lhuentse Dzongkhag](https://wherepedia.org/bhutan/lhuentse/). The centre of Minjay Gewog is about 161 km in a straight line from Thimphu, the capital. It is about 12 km from Lhuentse, the main town of Lhuentse Dzongkhag. The centre point is at 27.5842° N, 91.2683° 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 Minjay Gewog

Open gazetteers list **14 villages, towns and localities** in Minjay Gewog.

- Chalam Pok
- Donkar
- Dragong
- Gampa Pok
- Jalang
- Laidha
- Ngangla
- Nyingdhulin
- Phrangcha
- Togling
- Toktogang
- Wangzhing
- Youngma
- Zham

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 Minjay Gewog

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

### Hills and mountains

1 mountain pass.

- Donga La · 2,668 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 Minjay Gewog and the best time to visit

In Minjay Gewog, the warmest month is Jul (average 18 °C) and the coolest is Jan (4 °C). About 1,086 mm of rain falls in a year; the wettest month is Jul (244 mm) and the driest Dec (3 mm). The most comfortable months for a visit are **April and October**.

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

Month Average °C Rain mm 

Jan 4 5 

Feb 5 13 

Mar 8 27 

Apr 11 94 

May 14 137 

Jun 17 182 

Jul 18 244 

Aug 17 185 

Sep 16 124 

Oct 12 64 

Nov 8 6 

Dec 5 3 

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

## Nearest hospital, bank and fuel from Minjay Gewog

Need Nearest mapped Distance 

Hospital Minjey BHU II · Minjay 3.3 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=27.59877&mlon=91.23855#map=17/27.59877/91.23855) 

Bank Bhutan National Bank · Gangzur 12 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=27.66763&mlon=91.18357#map=17/27.66763/91.18357) 

Petrol pump Bhutan Oil Distributor · Mongar 34 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=27.27756&mlon=91.23671#map=17/27.27756/91.23671) 

Hotel Lhuentse Guest House · Gangzur 12 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=27.66213&mlon=91.18957#map=17/27.66213/91.18957) 

School Pangthang Primary School · Gangzur 10 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=27.64565&mlon=91.18835#map=17/27.64565/91.18835) 

College Lhuentse Higher Secondary School · Gangzur 12 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=27.63842&mlon=91.16597#map=17/27.63842/91.16597) 

Police station Police Quarter · Gangzur 12 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=27.66635&mlon=91.18411#map=17/27.66635/91.18411) 

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 Minjay Gewog

Places mapped inside Minjay 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 Lhuentse Dzongkhag

- Gangzur
- Jaray
- Khoma
- Kurtoe
- Menbi
- Metsho
- Tsenkhar

## Quick answers

- Where is Minjay Gewog?In Lhuentse Dzongkhag, Bhutan
- What borders Minjay Gewog?Khoma Gewog, Menbi Gewog, Shermung Gewog, Trashiyangtse Gewog and Tsenkhar Gewog
- How many villages are in Minjay Gewog?14 named settlements (GeoNames, OpenStreetMap)
- What is the highest point in Minjay Gewog?Donga La (2,668 m, GeoNames elevation model)
- What is the best time to visit Minjay Gewog?April and October
- Where is the nearest hospital to Minjay Gewog?Minjey BHU II, about 3.3 km from the centre
- Where is the nearest bank to Minjay Gewog?Bhutan National Bank, about 12 km from the centre
- Where is the nearest petrol pump to Minjay Gewog?Bhutan Oil Distributor, about 34 km from the centre
- How many hospitals are in Minjay Gewog?1 mapped
- What is the P-code of Minjay Gewog?BT00607 (OCHA common operational dataset)