# Shapa Gewog Gewog, Paro Dzongkhag – Villages & Map

> Source: https://wherepedia.org/bhutan/paro/shapa/

Gewog · Paro Dzongkhag 

# Shapa Gewog

Shapa Gewog is a gewog (block of villages) of Bhutan in Paro Dzongkhag. It covers **80.2 km²**. 2 named villages and localities are recorded here, and 18 mapped services such as hospitals, banks and schools.

- 80.2km²
- 18mapped services

## Where is Shapa Gewog?

Shapa Gewog lies in [Paro Dzongkhag](https://wherepedia.org/bhutan/paro/), [Bhutan](https://wherepedia.org/bhutan/). It borders 6 other gewogs: [Doga Gewog](https://wherepedia.org/bhutan/paro/doga/), [Hungrel Gewog](https://wherepedia.org/bhutan/paro/hungrel/), [Lungnyi Gewog](https://wherepedia.org/bhutan/paro/lungnyi/), [Mewang Gewog](https://wherepedia.org/bhutan/thimphu/mewang/), [Naja Gewog](https://wherepedia.org/bhutan/paro/naja/) and [Wangchang Gewog](https://wherepedia.org/bhutan/paro/wangchang/). By area it is the 132nd largest of 205 gewogs in Bhutan. It covers 6.2% of [Paro Dzongkhag](https://wherepedia.org/bhutan/paro/). The centre of Shapa Gewog is about 21 km in a straight line from Thimphu, the capital. It is about 9.2 km from Paro, the main town of Paro Dzongkhag. The centre point is at 27.3602° N, 89.4631° 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 Shapa Gewog

Open gazetteers list **2 villages, towns and localities** in Shapa Gewog.

- Labu Goenpa
- Miuchiminang

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 Shapa Gewog and the best time to visit

In Shapa Gewog, the warmest month is Jul (average 13 °C) and the coolest is Jan (-2 °C). About 1,024 mm of rain falls in a year; the wettest month is Jul (259 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 -2 5 

Feb -0 12 

Mar 2 32 

Apr 6 60 

May 9 108 

Jun 12 153 

Jul 13 259 

Aug 12 206 

Sep 11 134 

Oct 7 51 

Nov 3 3 

Dec 0 2 

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

## Nearest hospital, bank and fuel from Shapa Gewog

Need Nearest mapped Distance 

Hospital BHU · Shapa 3.0 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=27.38458&mlon=89.45029#map=17/27.38458/89.45029) 

Bank T Bank · Wangchang 9.1 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=27.42903&mlon=89.41380#map=17/27.42903/89.41380) 

ATM ATM · Wangchang 6.5 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=27.40516&mlon=89.42083#map=17/27.40516/89.42083) 

Petrol pump Gas Station · Shapa 3.6 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=27.38695&mlon=89.44251#map=17/27.38695/89.44251) 

Hotel 1 sister home stay and hot stone bath · Shapa 2.0 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=27.37767&mlon=89.45950#map=17/27.37767/89.45950) 

Mall Yangki Shopping Complex · Dopshari 9.3 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=27.43106&mlon=89.41269#map=17/27.43106/89.41269) 

School Shaba Primary School · Shapa 1.6 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=27.37463&mlon=89.46215#map=17/27.37463/89.46215) 

College Paro College of Education · Wangchang 7.4 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=27.41602&mlon=89.42274#map=17/27.41602/89.42274) 

Police station Paro Police Station · Dopshari 9.4 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=27.43146&mlon=89.41257#map=17/27.43146/89.41257) 

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 Shapa Gewog

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

- Hospitals2
- Petrol pumps1
- Hotels8
- Schools1
- Restaurants6

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 Paro Dzongkhag

- Doga
- Dopshari
- Doteng
- Hungrel
- Lamgong
- Lungnyi
- Naja
- Tsento
- Wangchang

## Quick answers

- Where is Shapa Gewog?In Paro Dzongkhag, Bhutan
- What borders Shapa Gewog?Doga Gewog, Hungrel Gewog, Lungnyi Gewog, Mewang Gewog, Naja Gewog and Wangchang Gewog
- How many villages are in Shapa Gewog?2 named settlements (GeoNames, OpenStreetMap)
- Where is the nearest hospital to Shapa Gewog?BHU, about 3.0 km from the centre
- Where is the nearest bank to Shapa Gewog?T Bank, about 9.1 km from the centre
- Where is the nearest ATM to Shapa Gewog?ATM, about 6.5 km from the centre
- Where is the nearest petrol pump to Shapa Gewog?Gas Station, about 3.6 km from the centre
- How many hospitals are in Shapa Gewog?2 mapped
- How many petrol pumps are in Shapa Gewog?1 mapped
- What is the P-code of Shapa Gewog?BT00808 (OCHA common operational dataset)