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- ↑ see eg. list of Bhutan Post post codes http://www.bhutanpost.bt/documents/postcodes.pdf Archived 2017-12-26 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ approved thromdes & boundaries 2010, part 1 on the website of the Ministry of Works and Human Settlements http://www.mowhs.gov.bt/publications/approved-thromde-and-boundaries/ Archived 2017-12-28 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ Pommaret, Francoise (2006). Bhutan Himalayan Mountains Kingdom (5th ed.). Odyssey Books and Guides. p. 270.
- ↑ "BBS". Aug 7, 2017.
- ↑ www.kuenselonline.com Archived 2008-06-16 at the Wayback Machine
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