Khatoed Goenkaatoe | |
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  Location on map of Bhutan (Gasa highlighted) | |
| Coordinates: 27°50′N89°38′E / 27.833°N 89.633°E Coordinates: 27°50′N89°38′E / 27.833°N 89.633°E | |
| Country |  Bhutan |
| District | Gasa District |
| Time zone | UTC+6 (BTT) |
Khatoed is a gewog (village block) of the Gasa dzongkhag (district) in Bhutan. [1] It was formerly known as Goenkaatoe. [2]
Wangdue Phodrang District is a dzongkhag (district) of central Bhutan. This is also the name of the dzong which dominates the district, and the name of the small market town outside the gates of the dzong—it is the capital of Wangdue Phodrang District). The name is said to have been given by the Shabdrung Ngawang Namgyal who was searching for the best location for a dzong to prevent incursions from the south. The word "wangdue" means unification of Country, and "Phodrang" means Palace in Dzongkha.
The Kingdom of Bhutan is divided into 20 districts. Bhutan is located between the Tibet Autonomous Region of China and India on the eastern slopes of the Himalayas in South Asia.
Gasa District or Gasa Dzongkhag is one of the 20 dzongkhags (districts) comprising Bhutan. The capital of Gasa District is Gasa Dzong near Gasa. It is located in the far north of the county and spans the Middle and High regions of the Tibetan Himalayas. The dominant language of the district is Dzongkha, which is the national language. Related languages, Layakha and Lunanakha, are spoken by semi-nomadic communities in the north of the district. The People's Republic of China claims the northern part of Gasa District.
Pemagatshel District is one of the 20 dzongkhags (districts) constituting Bhutan.
Punakha District 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.
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.
Phuentsholing Gewog is a gewog of Chukha District, Bhutan. The gewog has an area of 139.8 square kilometres and contains 19 villages. Phuentsholing Gewog is part of Phuentsholing Dungkhag, along with Dala, Logchina Gewogs and Shampheling Gewog. It is one of the highest populated gewog in Chukha Dzongkhag.
Sangbay Gewog is a gewog of Haa District, Bhutan. In 2002, the gewog had an area of 432.8 square kilometres and contains 9 villages and 163 households.
Dokar Gewog is a gewog of Paro District, Bhutan. In 2002, the gewog had an area of 106.1 square kilometres and contained 21 villages and 327 households.
Doteng Gewog is a gewog of Paro District, Bhutan. In 2002, the gewog had an area of 193.1 square kilometres and contained eight villages and 143 households.
Hungrel Gewog is a gewog of Paro District, Bhutan. In 2002, the gewog had an area of 3.6 square kilometres and contained 17 villages and 247 households.
Lamgong Gewog is a gewog of Paro District, Bhutan. The gewog had an area of 48.8 square kilometres in 2002, and contained eight villages and 348 households.
Lungnyi Gewog is a gewog of Paro District, Bhutan. In 2002, the gewog had an area of 59.7 square kilometres and contained seven villages and 265 households.
Khamaed is a gewog of the Gasa dzongkhag (district) in Bhutan. It was formerly known as Goenkhamae.
Nichula Gewog is a gewog of Dagana District, Bhutan. It also comprises part of Lhamoy Zingkha Dungkhag (sub-district), along with Lhamoy Zingkha and Deorali Gewogs.
Umling Gewog is a gewog of Sarpang District, Bhutan.
Shumar Gewog is a gewog in Pemagatshel District, Bhutan.
The Local Government Act of Bhutan was enacted on September 11, 2009, by parliament of Bhutan in order to further implement its program of decentralization and devolution of power and authority. It is the most recent reform of the law on Bhutan's administrative divisions: Dzongkhags, Dungkhags, Gewogs, Chiwogs, and Thromdes (municipalities). The Local Government Act of Bhutan has been slightly amended in 2014.
A thromde is a second-level administrative division in Bhutan. The legal administrative status of thromdes was most recently codified under the Local Government Act of 2009, and the role of thromdes in elections in Bhutan was defined in the Election Act of 2008
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