Punakha District

{{short description|District of Bhutan}}

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| name = Punakha district

| native_name = སྤུ་ན་ཁ་རྫོང་ཁག

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| image_caption =Punakha Dzong

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| seat = Punakha

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| population_total = 28,740

| population_as_of =2017

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| website = {{URL|www.punakha.gov.bt}}

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Punakha District ({{langx|dz|སྤུ་ན་ཁ་རྫོང་ཁག་}}; {{bo|w=spu-na-kha rdzong-khag}}) is one of the 20 dzongkhags (districts) comprising Bhutan. It is bordered by Thimphu, Gasa, and Wangdue Phodrang Districts. The dominant language in the district is Dzongkha, the national language.