# Chukha District

27°0′N 89°30′E﻿ / ﻿27.000°N 89.500°E﻿ / 27.000; 89.500
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.

## Languages

In Chukha, the main native languages are Dzongkha, the national language, and Nepali, spoken by the Lhotshampa in the south. The Bhutanese Lhokpu language, spoken by the Lhop minority, is also present in the southwest along the border with Samtse District.

## Administrative divisions

Chukha District is divided into eleven village blocks (or gewogs):
* Bjacho Gewog
* Bongo Gewog
* Chapcha Gewog
* Dala Gewog
* Dungna Gewog
* Geling Gewog
* Getena Gewog
* Logchina Gewog
* Metakha Gewog
* Phuentsholing Gewog
* Sampheling Gewog

## Environment

Chukha Dzongkhag covers 1,880 sq. km, but unlike most other districts, Chukha, along with Samtse, contain no protected areas of Bhutan. Although much of southern Bhutan contained protected areas in the 1960s, park-level environmental protection became untenable.

## Infrastructure

Chukha contains Bhutan's oldest hydropower plant, Chukha hydel (completed in 1986–88), and Tala Hydroelectricity Project, the country's largest power plant.

## Tourism

Dokhachu Goenpa
Dokhachu Goenpa, also known as Ekajati Lhakhang, is a Buddhist temple located in Chapcha, Bhutan. It was founded in 1650 by Choeje Thinley Jamtsho. The Monastery houses a revered statue of the wish-granting goddess Ekajati, or Aum Kangchim, believed to fulfill devotees' wishes.
Tumdra Aminey
Tumdra Ami Ney is a chief abode of wish-granting goddess Lhamo Ekajati located in Darla Gewog under Chhukha Dzongkhag in Bhutan. The Ney was discovered by Thangthong Gyalpo, and later Terton Drukdra Dorji meditated and discovered “Ter” of Aum Kangchim Statue from the Ney in the eighteenth century.
Geling Goenpa
Thadra Goenpa
Zangdo Pelri Lhakhang
Zangdo Pelri Lhakhang in Phuentsholing is a small monastery representing the “celestial abode of Guru Rimpoche” located in the heart of the Phuentsholing town. Dasho Aku Tongmi built the Temple in the 1900s.
Kharbandi Monastery
Kharbandi Monastery, also known as Rinchending Goemba, is a monastery in Phuntsholing built by the Royal Grandmother, Ashi Phuntsho Choden in 1967. The Rinchending monastery has become a tourist attraction among Indian tourists in Phuentsholing due to its historical significance and views of the plains of Jaigaon, West Bengal and the Phuentsholing town.

## Climate

Climate data for Dungna, Chukha District, elevation 1,600 m (5,200 ft), (1996–2017 normals) :
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 13.8 (56.8) | 15.2 (59.4) | 18.2 (64.8) | 20.5 (68.9) | 22.5 (72.5) | 24.1 (75.4) | 24.4 (75.9) | 24.0 (75.2) | 23.3 (73.9) | 22.1 (71.8) | 19.2 (66.6) | 15.7 (60.3) | 20.3 (68.5) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 9.7 (49.5) | 11.1 (52.0) | 14.0 (57.2) | 16.2 (61.2) | 18.2 (64.8) | 19.9 (67.8) | 20.3 (68.5) | 19.8 (67.6) | 19.1 (66.4) | 17.6 (63.7) | 14.5 (58.1) | 11.2 (52.2) | 16.0 (60.8) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 5.5 (41.9) | 6.9 (44.4) | 9.8 (49.6) | 11.9 (53.4) | 13.8 (56.8) | 15.7 (60.3) | 16.2 (61.2) | 15.5 (59.9) | 14.8 (58.6) | 13.0 (55.4) | 9.8 (49.6) | 6.7 (44.1) | 11.6 (52.9) |
| Average rainfall mm (inches) | 17.6 (0.69) | 29.4 (1.16) | 71.3 (2.81) | 127.7 (5.03) | 161.3 (6.35) | 234.6 (9.24) | 353.2 (13.91) | 280.9 (11.06) | 172.6 (6.80) | 94.5 (3.72) | 5.9 (0.23) | 6.7 (0.26) | 1,555.7 (61.26) |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 67.8 | 70.8 | 71.4 | 73.1 | 75.0 | 82.8 | 85.7 | 84.7 | 81.6 | 75.9 | 68.7 | 68.3 | 75.5 |
| Source: National Center for Hydrology and Meteorology ||||||||||||||
Climate data for Phuntsholing, Chukha District, elevation 220 m (720 ft), (1996–2017 normals) :
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 33.0 (91.4) | 33.8 (92.8) | 38.0 (100.4) | 37.0 (98.6) | 39.0 (102.2) | 38.0 (100.4) | 39.0 (102.2) | 40.0 (104.0) | 39.0 (102.2) | 38.0 (100.4) | 36.9 (98.4) | 35.0 (95.0) | 40.0 (104.0) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 23.9 (75.0) | 26.6 (79.9) | 29.8 (85.6) | 31.1 (88.0) | 32.3 (90.1) | 32.3 (90.1) | 31.9 (89.4) | 32.3 (90.1) | 31.7 (89.1) | 31.2 (88.2) | 28.7 (83.7) | 25.4 (77.7) | 29.8 (85.6) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 18.6 (65.5) | 21.5 (70.7) | 24.2 (75.6) | 25.6 (78.1) | 27.0 (80.6) | 27.7 (81.9) | 27.8 (82.0) | 28.1 (82.6) | 27.4 (81.3) | 26.2 (79.2) | 23.3 (73.9) | 20.2 (68.4) | 24.8 (76.6) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 13.4 (56.1) | 16.3 (61.3) | 18.5 (65.3) | 20.1 (68.2) | 21.7 (71.1) | 23.1 (73.6) | 23.7 (74.7) | 23.8 (74.8) | 23.1 (73.6) | 21.1 (70.0) | 17.9 (64.2) | 15.0 (59.0) | 19.8 (67.7) |
| Record low °C (°F) | 5.0 (41.0) | 9.0 (48.2) | 12.0 (53.6) | 14.3 (57.7) | 15.1 (59.2) | 16.0 (60.8) | 17.0 (62.6) | 19.0 (66.2) | 17.0 (62.6) | 14.0 (57.2) | 10.0 (50.0) | 7.5 (45.5) | 5.0 (41.0) |
| Average rainfall mm (inches) | 17.3 (0.68) | 31.1 (1.22) | 80.2 (3.16) | 216.5 (8.52) | 380.3 (14.97) | 807.2 (31.78) | 962.6 (37.90) | 779.1 (30.67) | 492.6 (19.39) | 162.9 (6.41) | 13.2 (0.52) | 10.4 (0.41) | 3,953.4 (155.63) |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 72.4 | 71.3 | 70.0 | 74.7 | 80.1 | 83.8 | 88.5 | 87.1 | 84.4 | 75.6 | 70.7 | 72.4 | 77.6 |
| Source: National Center for Hydrology and Meteorology ||||||||||||||