Chongshing Gewog

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Chongshing Gewog
ལྕོང་ཤིང་
Gewogs
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CountryFlag of Bhutan.svg  Bhutan
District Pemagatshel District
Time zone BTT (UTC+6)

Chongshing Gewog (Dzongkha: ལྕོང་ཤིང་) is a gewog (village block) of Pemagatshel District, Bhutan. [1] [2]

Dzongkha national language of Bhutan

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References

  1. ↑ "Chiwogs in Pema Gatshel" (PDF). Election Commission, Government of Bhutan. 2011. Retrieved 2011-07-28.
  2. ↑ "-". Royal Government of Bhutan. Retrieved December 12, 2010.

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