Kurtoe Gewog

Kurtoed Gewog
Kurtoed Gewog; ཀུར་སྟོད་མཁོལ་མ་
	Gewogs
Country	Bhutan
District	Lhuntse District
Time zone	UTC+6 (BTT)

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Kurtoed Gewog (Dzongkha: ཀུར་སྟོད་) is a gewog (village block) of Lhuntse District, Bhutan.^[1]^[2] It is inhabited by speakers of the Kurtöp language.

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References

↑ "Chiwogs in Lhuentse" (PDF). Election Commission, Government of Bhutan. 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-10-02. Retrieved 2011-07-28.
↑ "Gross National Happiness Commission - The Planning Commission of Bhutan, Development for Happiness". Royal Government of Bhutan. Retrieved December 12, 2010.

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[1] "Chiwogs in Lhuentse" (PDF). Election Commission, Government of Bhutan. 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-10-02. Retrieved 2011-07-28.

[2] "Gross National Happiness Commission - The Planning Commission of Bhutan, Development for Happiness". Royal Government of Bhutan. Retrieved December 12, 2010.

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