Location of Punakha dzongkhag within BhutanPunakha is one of the 20 dzongkhag (districts) comprising Bhutan.

Punakha Dzong, the administrative and religious center of the district, is the winter home of Bhutan's Central Monk Body. Since the 1680's the dzong has also been the site of a continuous vigil over the earthly body of Shabdrung Ngawang_Namgyal, the founder of the country, which lies in a special chamber in the dzong.

The Mo Chhu flowing alongside Punakha DzongPunakha is bordered by Thimphu, Gasa, and Wangdue Phodrang dzongkhag.

Punakha is divided into nine gewogs/ A gewog (Dzongkha "block") refers to a group of villages in Bhutan and thus forms an intermediate geographic administrative unit between village and dzongkhag /:Chhubu Gewog ;Dzomo Gewog ;Goenshari Gewog ;Guma Gewog ;Kabjisa Gewog ;Lingmukha Gewog ;Shenga Bjime Gewog ;Talo Gewog ;Toewang Gewog.