# Dagana District

27°0′N 89°55′E﻿ / ﻿27.000°N 89.917°E﻿ / 27.000; 89.917
Dagana District (Dzongkha: དར་དཀར་ནང་རྫོང་ཁག; Wylie: dar-dkar-nang rzong-khag; also དར་དཀར་ན་རྫོང་ཁག) is a district located in Bhutan. Most of the district is populated by Dzongkha speakers. However, in the southwest part near the Sarpang District, Nepali is also spoken as a native language.

## Landmarks

* Daga Trashi Yangtse Dzong
* Shathong Sa Nga Choeling Drubdey
* Choeje Pangkha Lhakhang
* Nyindukha Lhakhang
* Tha Namkhai Dzong
* Do Namkhai Kaw
* Do Kelpai Goenthem
* Dho Dungchen Menchu
* Dho Dungkar

## Administrative divisions

Dagana District itself is divided into fourteen village blocks (or gewogs):
* Dorona Gewog
* Drujegang Gewog
* Gesarling Gewog
* Goshi Gewog
* Karmaling Gewog
* Karna Gewog
* Khebisa Gewog
* Lajab Gewog
* Lhamoy Zingkha Gewog
* Nichula Gewog
* Tashiding Gewog
* Tsangkha Gewog
* Tsendagang Gewog
* Tseza Gewog

## Environment

Like most of the districts of Bhutan, Dagana contains environmentally protected areas. In southeastern Dagana that is along the border with India, lies the western half of Phibsoo Wildlife Sanctuary, covering parts of Karmaling, Lhamoy Zingkha and Nichula Gewogs. Phibsoo has no human inhabitants. It has districts that are habituated by Nepali speaking people. Daga Dzong can be reached only by one single passage.

## History

On April 26, 2007, Lhamoy Zingkha Dungkhag (sub-district) was formally handed over from Sarpang Dzongkhag to Dagana Dzongkhag, having an impact on three gewogs (Lhamoy Zingkha, Deorali and Nichula (Zinchula) and the town of Lhamoy Zingkha, which formed the westernmost part of Sarpang Dzongkhag and now forms the southernmost part of Dagana Dzongkhag.

## Climate

Climate data for Dagana, elevation 1,460 m (4,790 ft), (2006–2017 normals, extremes 1996–2017) :
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 20.0 (68.0) | 22.0 (71.6) | 26.0 (78.8) | 26.0 (78.8) | 30.0 (86.0) | 29.0 (84.2) | 30.0 (86.0) | 29.5 (85.1) | 30.0 (86.0) | 29.5 (85.1) | 27.0 (80.6) | 25.0 (77.0) | 30.0 (86.0) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 12.6 (54.7) | 14.4 (57.9) | 17.5 (63.5) | 19.5 (67.1) | 21.8 (71.2) | 22.4 (72.3) | 22.5 (72.5) | 22.8 (73.0) | 21.8 (71.2) | 20.6 (69.1) | 17.7 (63.9) | 14.7 (58.5) | 19.0 (66.2) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 8.8 (47.8) | 10.4 (50.7) | 13.3 (55.9) | 16.2 (61.2) | 18.5 (65.3) | 19.6 (67.3) | 20.0 (68.0) | 20.0 (68.0) | 18.9 (66.0) | 16.7 (62.1) | 13.1 (55.6) | 10.4 (50.7) | 15.5 (59.9) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 4.9 (40.8) | 6.4 (43.5) | 9.1 (48.4) | 12.8 (55.0) | 15.1 (59.2) | 16.8 (62.2) | 17.5 (63.5) | 17.2 (63.0) | 15.9 (60.6) | 12.7 (54.9) | 8.5 (47.3) | 6.1 (43.0) | 11.9 (53.5) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −1.5 (29.3) | 0.0 (32.0) | 0.7 (33.3) | 5.5 (41.9) | 8.0 (46.4) | 10.5 (50.9) | 12.5 (54.5) | 12.0 (53.6) | 11.0 (51.8) | 5.5 (41.9) | 1.0 (33.8) | −1.5 (29.3) | −1.5 (29.3) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 10.5 (0.41) | 31.8 (1.25) | 40.9 (1.61) | 99.6 (3.92) | 190.3 (7.49) | 326.1 (12.84) | 345.0 (13.58) | 323.0 (12.72) | 272.3 (10.72) | 122.4 (4.82) | 7.4 (0.29) | 5.0 (0.20) | 1,774.3 (69.85) |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 72.9 | 72.6 | 71.9 | 73.7 | 78.5 | 85.0 | 88.0 | 86.2 | 85.6 | 78.1 | 72.7 | 72.9 | 78.2 |
| Source: National Center for Hydrology and Meteorology (precipitation and humidity 1996–2017) ||||||||||||||
Climate data for Sunkosh, Dagana District, elevation 410 m (1,350 ft), (1996–2017 normals) :
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 28.5 (83.3) | 32.0 (89.6) | 36.0 (96.8) | 36.0 (96.8) | 37.5 (99.5) | 37.0 (98.6) | 37.0 (98.6) | 36.5 (97.7) | 35.5 (95.9) | 34.5 (94.1) | 32.0 (89.6) | 30.5 (86.9) | 37.5 (99.5) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 22.6 (72.7) | 25.1 (77.2) | 28.0 (82.4) | 29.8 (85.6) | 31.0 (87.8) | 30.9 (87.6) | 30.6 (87.1) | 31.1 (88.0) | 30.5 (86.9) | 29.5 (85.1) | 27.0 (80.6) | 23.7 (74.7) | 28.3 (83.0) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 15.7 (60.3) | 18.0 (64.4) | 20.9 (69.6) | 24.1 (75.4) | 26.1 (79.0) | 27.0 (80.6) | 26.9 (80.4) | 27.0 (80.6) | 26.2 (79.2) | 23.9 (75.0) | 20.2 (68.4) | 16.9 (62.4) | 22.7 (72.9) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 8.7 (47.7) | 10.9 (51.6) | 13.7 (56.7) | 18.3 (64.9) | 21.1 (70.0) | 23.0 (73.4) | 23.1 (73.6) | 22.9 (73.2) | 21.9 (71.4) | 18.2 (64.8) | 13.4 (56.1) | 10.1 (50.2) | 17.1 (62.8) |
| Record low °C (°F) | 4.0 (39.2) | 6.0 (42.8) | 7.0 (44.6) | 11.0 (51.8) | 16.0 (60.8) | 18.5 (65.3) | 20.0 (68.0) | 19.5 (67.1) | 17.0 (62.6) | 12.0 (53.6) | 8.5 (47.3) | 6.0 (42.8) | 4.0 (39.2) |
| Average rainfall mm (inches) | 8.5 (0.33) | 11.1 (0.44) | 28.0 (1.10) | 57.1 (2.25) | 100.1 (3.94) | 241.5 (9.51) | 404.3 (15.92) | 290.8 (11.45) | 164.5 (6.48) | 86.0 (3.39) | 2.1 (0.08) | 3.2 (0.13) | 1,397.2 (55.02) |
| Source: National Center for Hydrology and Meteorology ||||||||||||||