# Phongme Gewog Gewog, Trashigang Dzongkhag – Villages & Map

> Source: https://wherepedia.org/bhutan/trashigang/phongme/

Gewog · Trashigang Dzongkhag 

# Phongme Gewog

Phongme Gewog is a gewog (block of villages) of Bhutan in Trashigang Dzongkhag. It covers **99.3 km²**. 1 named village or locality is recorded here, and 2 mapped services such as hospitals, banks and schools.

- 99.3km²
- 2mapped services

## Where is Phongme Gewog?

Phongme Gewog lies in [Trashigang Dzongkhag](https://wherepedia.org/bhutan/trashigang/), [Bhutan](https://wherepedia.org/bhutan/). It borders 5 other gewogs: [Bidung Gewog](https://wherepedia.org/bhutan/trashigang/bidung/), [Merak Gewog](https://wherepedia.org/bhutan/trashigang/merak/), [Radi Gewog](https://wherepedia.org/bhutan/trashigang/radi/), [Sakteng Gewog](https://wherepedia.org/bhutan/trashigang/sakteng/) and [Yalang Gewog](https://wherepedia.org/bhutan/yangtse/yalang/). By area it is the 115th largest of 205 gewogs in Bhutan. It covers 4.5% of [Trashigang Dzongkhag](https://wherepedia.org/bhutan/trashigang/). The centre of Phongme Gewog is about 207 km in a straight line from Thimphu, the capital. It is about 20 km from Trashigang, the main town of Trashigang Dzongkhag. The centre point is at 27.4081° N, 91.7358° 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 Phongme Gewog

Open gazetteers list **1 village, town or locality** in Phongme Gewog.

- Phongmey

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 Phongme Gewog and the best time to visit

In Phongme Gewog, the warmest month is Jul (average 14 °C) and the coolest is Jan (0 °C). About 1,082 mm of rain falls in a year; the wettest month is Jul (225 mm) and the driest Dec (4 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 0 4 

Feb 1 12 

Mar 4 29 

Apr 7 108 

May 10 143 

Jun 13 191 

Jul 14 225 

Aug 14 166 

Sep 12 128 

Oct 8 62 

Nov 5 9 

Dec 2 4 

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

## Nearest hospital, bank and fuel from Phongme Gewog

Need Nearest mapped Distance 

Hospital Yabrang BHU · Phongme 2.9 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=27.39375&mlon=91.71104#map=17/27.39375/91.71104) 

Bank Bhutan National Bank · Samkhar 20 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=27.33373&mlon=91.55385#map=17/27.33373/91.55385) 

Petrol pump BOD · Samkhar 22 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=27.32128&mlon=91.53624#map=17/27.32128/91.53624) 

Hotel Trashigang · Samkhar 20 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=27.33440&mlon=91.55383#map=17/27.33440/91.55383) 

School Rangjung central school · Shongphu 8.3 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=27.36148&mlon=91.67062#map=17/27.36148/91.67062) 

College Technical Training Institute - Rangjung · Shongphu 10 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=27.35629&mlon=91.65002#map=17/27.35629/91.65002) 

Police station RBP · Khamdang 16 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=27.43735&mlon=91.57855#map=17/27.43735/91.57855) 

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 Phongme Gewog

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

- Hospitals2

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 Trashigang Dzongkhag

- Bartsham
- Bidung
- Kanglung
- Kangpara
- Khaling
- Lumang
- Merak
- Radi
- Sakteng
- Samkhar
- Shongphu
- Thrimshing
- Udzorong
- Yangnyer

## Quick answers

- Where is Phongme Gewog?In Trashigang Dzongkhag, Bhutan
- What borders Phongme Gewog?Bidung Gewog, Merak Gewog, Radi Gewog, Sakteng Gewog and Yalang Gewog
- How many villages are in Phongme Gewog?1 named settlements (GeoNames, OpenStreetMap)
- Where is the nearest hospital to Phongme Gewog?Yabrang BHU, about 2.9 km from the centre
- Where is the nearest bank to Phongme Gewog?Bhutan National Bank, about 20 km from the centre
- Where is the nearest petrol pump to Phongme Gewog?BOD, about 22 km from the centre
- How many hospitals are in Phongme Gewog?2 mapped
- What is the P-code of Phongme Gewog?BT01508 (OCHA common operational dataset)