# Drepung Gewog Gewog, Monggar Dzongkhag – Villages & Map

> Source: https://wherepedia.org/bhutan/monggar/drepung/

Gewog · Monggar Dzongkhag 

# Drepung Gewog

Drepung Gewog is a gewog (block of villages) of Bhutan in Monggar Dzongkhag. It covers **51.5 km²**. 3 named villages and localities are recorded here, and 3 mapped services such as hospitals, banks and schools.

- 51.5km²
- 3mapped services

## Where is Drepung Gewog?

Drepung Gewog lies in [Monggar Dzongkhag](https://wherepedia.org/bhutan/monggar/), [Bhutan](https://wherepedia.org/bhutan/). It borders 4 other gewogs: [Kengkhar Gewog](https://wherepedia.org/bhutan/monggar/kengkhar/), [Mongar Gewog](https://wherepedia.org/bhutan/monggar/mongar/), [Saleng Gewog](https://wherepedia.org/bhutan/monggar/saleng/) and [Thangrong Gewog](https://wherepedia.org/bhutan/monggar/thangrong/). By area it is the 158th largest of 205 gewogs in Bhutan. It covers 2.6% of [Monggar Dzongkhag](https://wherepedia.org/bhutan/monggar/). The centre of Drepung Gewog is about 162 km in a straight line from Thimphu, the capital. It is about 7.8 km from Mongar, the main town of Monggar Dzongkhag. The centre point is at 27.2065° N, 91.2563° 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 Drepung Gewog

Open gazetteers list **3 villages, towns and localities** in Drepung Gewog.

- Labtsa
- Woob
- Zunglen

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).

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

In Drepung Gewog, the warmest month is Aug (average 23 °C) and the coolest is Jan (11 °C). About 1,868 mm of rain falls in a year; the wettest month is Jul (362 mm) and the driest Dec (5 mm). The most comfortable months for a visit are **October to March**.

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

Month Average °C Rain mm 

Jan 11 6 

Feb 13 18 

Mar 17 48 

Apr 20 212 

May 21 267 

Jun 23 341 

Jul 23 362 

Aug 23 269 

Sep 22 214 

Oct 20 115 

Nov 16 11 

Dec 13 5 

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

## Nearest hospital, bank and fuel from Drepung Gewog

Need Nearest mapped Distance 

Hospital Boompazor BHU II · Drepung 2.8 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=27.22911&mlon=91.26859#map=17/27.22911/91.26859) 

Bank Bhutan Development Bank Ltd. · Mongar 6.2 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=27.22750&mlon=91.19856#map=17/27.22750/91.19856) 

Petrol pump Gas Station · Mongar 6.8 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=27.23537&mlon=91.19558#map=17/27.23537/91.19558) 

Hotel Trashigang Hotel · Mongar 6.3 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=27.22886&mlon=91.19756#map=17/27.22886/91.19756) 

Mall U. Thra Tshongkhang · Shumer 25 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=27.03582&mlon=91.42608#map=17/27.03582/91.42608) 

School Woob community primary School · Drepung 2.4 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=27.22642&mlon=91.24635#map=17/27.22642/91.24635) 

College Kuenphel Yoeselcholing Shedra · Drepung 5.4 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=27.22299&mlon=91.20484#map=17/27.22299/91.20484) 

Police station Police Quarter 2 · Mongar 7.9 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=27.27612&mlon=91.23935#map=17/27.27612/91.23935) 

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 Drepung Gewog

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

- Hospitals1
- Schools1
- Colleges and universities1

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 Monggar Dzongkhag

- Balam
- Chaskhar
- Chhali
- Drametse
- Gongdue
- Jurmey
- Kengkhar
- Mongar
- Narang
- Ngatshang
- Saleng
- Shermung
- Silambi
- Thangrong
- Tsakaling
- Tsamang

## Quick answers

- Where is Drepung Gewog?In Monggar Dzongkhag, Bhutan
- What borders Drepung Gewog?Kengkhar Gewog, Mongar Gewog, Saleng Gewog and Thangrong Gewog
- How many villages are in Drepung Gewog?3 named settlements (GeoNames, OpenStreetMap)
- What is the best time to visit Drepung Gewog?October to March
- Where is the nearest hospital to Drepung Gewog?Boompazor BHU II, about 2.8 km from the centre
- Where is the nearest bank to Drepung Gewog?Bhutan Development Bank Ltd., about 6.2 km from the centre
- Where is the nearest petrol pump to Drepung Gewog?Gas Station, about 6.8 km from the centre
- How many hospitals are in Drepung Gewog?1 mapped
- What is the P-code of Drepung Gewog?BT00705 (OCHA common operational dataset)