Dechenling Gewog

Dechenling Gewog
Dechenling Gewog; བདེ་ཆེན་གླིང་
	Gewogs
Country	Bhutan
District	Pemagatshel District
Time zone	UTC+6 (BTT)

Last updated March 24, 2019

Dechheling Gewog (Dzongkha: བདེ་ཆེན་གླིང་) is a gewog (village block) of Pemagatshel District, Bhutan.^[1]^[2] Dechenling Gewog is part of Nganglam Dungkhag, along with Nganglam and Norbugang Gewogs.^[3]^[4]

Dzongkha, or Bhutanese, is a Sino-Tibetan language spoken by over half a million people in Bhutan; it is the sole official and national language of the Kingdom of Bhutan. The Tibetan alphabet is used to write Dzongkha.

Pemagatshel District is one of the 20 dzongkhags (districts) constituting Bhutan.

Bhutan, officially the Kingdom of Bhutan, is a landlocked country in South Asia. Located in the Eastern Himalayas, it is bordered by Tibet Autonomous Region of China in the north, the Sikkim state of India and the Chumbi Valley of Tibet in the west, the Arunachal Pradesh state of India in the east, and the states of Assam and West Bengal in the south. Bhutan is geopolitically in South Asia and is the region's second least populous nation after the Maldives. Thimphu is its capital and largest city, while Phuntsholing is its financial center.

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A gewog, in the past also spelled as geog, refers to a group of villages in Bhutan. The head of a gewog is called a gup. Gewogs form a geographic administrative unit below dzongkhag districts, and above Dzongkhag Thromde class B and Yenlag Thromde municipalities. Dzongkhag Thromde class A municipalities have their own independent local government body.

A dungkhag is a sub-district of a dzongkhag (district) of Bhutan. The head of a dungkhag is a Dungpa. As of 2007, nine of the twenty dzongkhags had from one to three dungkhags, with sixteen dungkhags in total.

Bjoka Gewog is a gewog of Zhemgang District, Bhutan. Bjoka Gewog is also a part of Panbang Dungkhag (sub-district), along with Goshing, Ngangla, and Phangkhar Gewogs.

Goshing Gewog is a gewog of Zhemgang District, Bhutan. Goshing Gewog is also a part of Panbang Dungkhag (sub-district), along with Bjoka, Ngangla, and Phangkhar Gewogs.

Chimoong Gewog is a gewog of Pemagatshel District, Bhutan.

Chongshing Gewog is a gewog of Pemagatshel District, Bhutan.

Dungmaed Gewog is a gewog of Pemagatshel District, Bhutan.

Khar Gewog is a gewog of Pemagatshel District, Bhutan.

Shumar Gewog is a gewog of Pemagatshel District, Bhutan.

Yurung Gewog is a gewog of Pemagatshel District, Bhutan.

Zobel Gewog is a gewog of Pemagatshel District, Bhutan.

Nanong Gewog is a gewog of Pemagatshel District, Bhutan.

Chokhorling Gewog is a gewog of Pemagatshel District, Bhutan.

Norbugang Gewog is a gewog of Pemagatshel District, Bhutan. Norbugang Gewog is part of Nganglam Dungkhag, along with Dechenling and Nganglam Gewogs.

Lauri Gewog is a gewog of Samdrup Jongkhar District, Bhutan. It was also part of Jomotsangkha Dungkhag (sub-district), together with Serthi Gewog.

Khaling Gewog is a gewog of Trashigang District, Bhutan. Khaling and Lumang Gewogs comprise Wamrong Dungkhag (sub-district).

Phuntshothang Gewog is a gewog of Samdrup Jongkhar District, Bhutan. Phuntshothang and Pemathang Gewogs comprise Samdrup Choling Dungkhag (sub-district).

Pemathang Gewog is a gewog of Samdrup Jongkhar District, Bhutan. Pemathang and Phuntshothang Gewogs comprise Samdrup Choling Dungkhag (sub-district).

Nganglam Gewog is a former gewog of Pemagatshel District, Bhutan. Nganglam Gewog is part of Nganglam Dungkhag, along with Dechenling and Norbugang Gewogs.

References

↑ "Chiwogs in Pema Gatshel" (PDF). Election Commission, Government of Bhutan. 2011. Retrieved 2011-07-28.
↑ "-". Royal Government of Bhutan. Retrieved December 12, 2010.
↑ Namgyal, Gembo (2010-05-11). "Farm road goes to Dechiling Gewog". Bhutan Observer online. Archived from the original on 2011-01-20. Retrieved 2011-02-12.
↑ Tshewang, Jigme (2010-09-11). "Remote school observes reading week". Bhutan Observer online. Retrieved 2011-02-13.

External links

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[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.

[3] Namgyal, Gembo (2010-05-11). "Farm road goes to Dechiling Gewog". Bhutan Observer online. Archived from the original on 2011-01-20. Retrieved 2011-02-12.

[4] Tshewang, Jigme (2010-09-11). "Remote school observes reading week". Bhutan Observer online. Retrieved 2011-02-13.