Chukha District
27°0′N 89°30′E / 27.000°N 89.500°E
Chukha District
ཆུ་ཁ་རྫོང་ཁག། | |
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Chukha Dzong | |
Map of Chukha District in Bhutan | |
| Country | Bhutan |
| Headquarters | Chukha |
| Area | |
• Total | 1,880 km2 (730 sq mi) |
| Population (2017) | |
• Total | 68,966 |
| • Density | 36.7/km2 (95.0/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+6 (BTT) |
| HDI (2019) | 0.684 medium · 4th |
| Website | www |
Chukha District (Dzongkha: ཆུ་ཁ་རྫོང་ཁག།; Wylie: Chu-kha rdzong-khag; officially spelled "Chhukha" ) is one of the 20 dzongkhag (districts) comprising Bhutan. The major town is Phuentsholing, the second largest city in Bhutan and its commercial capital. According to the 2017 census of Bhutan, Chhukha has a population of 68,966 people, making it the second most populous district after Thimphu, and the third most densely populated district (population density of 36.7 people per square kilometre) after Thimphu and Samtse districts.