Toewang Gewog སྟོད་ཝང་ | |
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Gewog | |
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| Country |  Bhutan |
| District | Punakha District |
| Time zone | UTC+6 (BTT) |
Toewang Gewog (Dzongkha: སྟོད་ཝང་) is a gewog (village block) of Punakha District, Bhutan. [1] [2]
Toewang Gewog སྟོད་ཝང་ | |
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Gewog | |
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| Country | Bhutan |
| District | Punakha District |
| Time zone | UTC+6 (BTT) |
Toewang Gewog (Dzongkha: སྟོད་ཝང་) is a gewog (village block) of Punakha District, Bhutan. [1] [2]
Wangdue Phodrang District is a Thromde and dzongkhag (district) of central Bhutan. This is also the name of the dzong which dominates the 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.
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.
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, is 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.
Punakha is the administrative centre of Punakha dzongkhag, one of the 20 districts of Bhutan. Punakha was the capital of Bhutan and the seat of government until 1955, when the capital was moved to Thimphu. It is about 72 km away from Thimphu, and it takes about 3 hours by car from the capital. Unlike Thimphu, it is quite warm in winter and hot in summer. It is located at an elevation of 1,200 metres above sea level, and rice is grown as the main crop along the river valleys of two main rivers of Bhutan, the Pho Chu and Mo Chu. Dzongkha is widely spoken in this district.
Wangdue Phodrang is a town and capital of Wangdue Phodrang District in central Bhutan. It is located in Thedtsho Gewog. Khothang Rinchenling
Toepisa Gewog is a gewog of Punakha District, Bhutan. It used to be part of Thimphu District.
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Dzomi Gewog is a gewog of Punakha District, Bhutan.
Goenshari Gewog is a gewog of Punakha District, Bhutan.
Guma Gewog is a gewog of Punakha District, Bhutan.
Kabisa Gewog is a gewog of Punakha District, Bhutan.
Lingmukha Gewog is a gewog of Punakha District, Bhutan.
Shenga Bjemi Gewog is a gewog of Punakha District, Bhutan.
Talog Gewog is a gewog of Punakha District, Bhutan.
Kazhi Gewog is a gewog of Wangdue Phodrang District, Bhutan. In Kazhi Gewog there was a Lhakhang called Dechen Choling Lhakhang. It was founded by Drubthob Sangye Gyeltshen, the heart son of Rigzin Jigme Lingpa's direct disciple Wang Jigme Kundrol.
Ruepisa Gewog is a gewog of Wangdue Phodrang 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.
Barp Gewog is a gewog of Punakha District, Bhutan.
Tashicholing or Sipsu Gewog is a gewog of the Samtse District, Bhutan.
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