# Sakteng Gewog Gewog, Trashigang Dzongkhag – Villages & Map

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

Gewog · Trashigang Dzongkhag 

# Sakteng Gewog

Sakteng Gewog is a gewog (block of villages) of Bhutan in Trashigang Dzongkhag. It covers **454.7 km²**. 3 named villages and localities are recorded here, and 1 mapped services such as hospitals, banks and schools.

- 455km²
- 1mapped services
- 3,083 mtypical elevation

## Where is Sakteng Gewog?

Sakteng Gewog lies in [Trashigang Dzongkhag](https://wherepedia.org/bhutan/trashigang/), [Bhutan](https://wherepedia.org/bhutan/). It borders 2 other gewogs: [Merak Gewog](https://wherepedia.org/bhutan/trashigang/merak/) and [Phongme Gewog](https://wherepedia.org/bhutan/trashigang/phongme/). By area it is the 23rd largest of 205 gewogs in Bhutan. It covers 20.6% of [Trashigang Dzongkhag](https://wherepedia.org/bhutan/trashigang/). The centre of Sakteng Gewog is about 225 km in a straight line from Thimphu, the capital. It is about 36 km from Trashigang, the main town of Trashigang Dzongkhag. The centre point is at 27.3806° N, 91.9157° 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 Sakteng Gewog

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

- Jyonkhar
- Sakteng
- Sayphu

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 Sakteng Gewog

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

### Hills and mountains

2 mountain passes.

- Orka La · 4,185 m
- Nyingsang La · 3,642 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 Sakteng Gewog and the best time to visit

In Sakteng 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
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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 Sakteng Gewog

Need Nearest mapped Distance 

Hospital Sakteng BHU II · Sakteng 2.6 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=27.40341&mlon=91.92014#map=17/27.40341/91.92014) 

School Rangjung central school · Shongphu 24 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=27.36148&mlon=91.67062#map=17/27.36148/91.67062) 

College Technical Training Institute - Rangjung · Shongphu 26 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=27.35629&mlon=91.65002#map=17/27.35629/91.65002) 

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 Sakteng Gewog

Places mapped inside Sakteng 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 Trashigang Dzongkhag

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

## Quick answers

- Where is Sakteng Gewog?In Trashigang Dzongkhag, Bhutan
- What borders Sakteng Gewog?Merak Gewog and Phongme Gewog
- How many villages are in Sakteng Gewog?3 named settlements (GeoNames, OpenStreetMap)
- What is the highest point in Sakteng Gewog?Orka La (4,185 m, GeoNames elevation model)
- Where is the nearest hospital to Sakteng Gewog?Sakteng BHU II, about 2.6 km from the centre
- How many hospitals are in Sakteng Gewog?1 mapped
- What is the P-code of Sakteng Gewog?BT01510 (OCHA common operational dataset)