# Yalang Gewog Gewog, Yangtse Dzongkhag – Villages & Map

> Source: https://wherepedia.org/bhutan/yangtse/yalang/

Gewog · Yangtse Dzongkhag 

# Yalang Gewog

Yalang Gewog is a gewog (block of villages) of Bhutan in Yangtse Dzongkhag. It covers **89.8 km²**. 11 named villages and localities are recorded here, and 2 mapped services such as hospitals, banks and schools.

- 89.8km²
- 2mapped services
- 2,521 mtypical elevation

## Where is Yalang Gewog?

Yalang Gewog lies in [Yangtse Dzongkhag](https://wherepedia.org/bhutan/yangtse/), [Bhutan](https://wherepedia.org/bhutan/). It borders 6 other gewogs: [Bartsham Gewog](https://wherepedia.org/bhutan/trashigang/bartsham/), [Bidung Gewog](https://wherepedia.org/bhutan/trashigang/bidung/), [Khamdang Gewog](https://wherepedia.org/bhutan/yangtse/khamdang/), [Phongme Gewog](https://wherepedia.org/bhutan/trashigang/phongme/), [Ramjar Gewog](https://wherepedia.org/bhutan/yangtse/ramjar/) and [Toetsho Gewog](https://wherepedia.org/bhutan/yangtse/toetsho/). By area it is the 125th largest of 205 gewogs in Bhutan. It covers 6.2% of [Yangtse Dzongkhag](https://wherepedia.org/bhutan/yangtse/). The centre of Yalang Gewog is about 201 km in a straight line from Thimphu, the capital. It is about 24 km from Trashi Yangtse, the main town of Yangtse Dzongkhag. The centre point is at 27.4620° N, 91.6796° 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 Yalang Gewog

Open gazetteers list **11 villages, towns and localities** in Yalang Gewog.

- Chhema
- Choenang
- Doogti
- Gashing
- Melongkhar
- Phugyang
- Rolam
- Yalang
- Yargo
- Yerphel
- Yālang

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 Yalang Gewog

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

### Water

2 rivers and streams.

- Kulong Chhu
- Tawang Chu

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 Yalang Gewog and the best time to visit

In Yalang 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 Yalang Gewog

Need Nearest mapped Distance 

Hospital Melongkhar BHU II · Yalang 2.3 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=27.47283&mlon=91.65932#map=17/27.47283/91.65932) 

Bank Bhutan National Bank · Samkhar 19 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=27.33373&mlon=91.55385#map=17/27.33373/91.55385) 

Petrol pump BOD · Samkhar 21 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=27.32128&mlon=91.53624#map=17/27.32128/91.53624) 

Hotel Trashigang · Samkhar 19 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=27.33440&mlon=91.55383#map=17/27.33440/91.55383) 

School Tsangphuchen Primary School · Toetsho 10 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=27.49685&mlon=91.58595#map=17/27.49685/91.58595) 

College Rangjung Technical Training Institute · Shongphu 12 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=27.35653&mlon=91.64960#map=17/27.35653/91.64960) 

Police station RBP · Khamdang 10 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 Yalang Gewog

Places mapped inside Yalang 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 Yangtse Dzongkhag

- Bumdeling
- Jamkhar
- Khamdang
- Ramjar
- Toetsho
- Tomzhangtshen
- Trashiyangtse

## Quick answers

- Where is Yalang Gewog?In Yangtse Dzongkhag, Bhutan
- What borders Yalang Gewog?Bartsham Gewog, Bidung Gewog, Khamdang Gewog, Phongme Gewog, Ramjar Gewog and Toetsho Gewog
- How many villages are in Yalang Gewog?11 named settlements (GeoNames, OpenStreetMap)
- Where is the nearest hospital to Yalang Gewog?Melongkhar BHU II, about 2.3 km from the centre
- Where is the nearest bank to Yalang Gewog?Bhutan National Bank, about 19 km from the centre
- Where is the nearest petrol pump to Yalang Gewog?BOD, about 21 km from the centre
- How many hospitals are in Yalang Gewog?2 mapped
- What is the P-code of Yalang Gewog?BT01607 (OCHA common operational dataset)