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Dzongkhag
A dzongkhag is an administrative and judicial district of Bhutan. The twenty dzongkhags of Bhutan are further divided into 205 gewogs. Some larger dzongkhags have one or more of an intermediate judicial division, known as dungkhags , which themselves comprise two or more gewogs...
(districts) comprising Bhutan
Bhutan
Bhutan , officially the Kingdom of Bhutan, is a landlocked state in South Asia, located at the eastern end of the Himalayas and bordered to the south, east and west by the Republic of India and to the north by the People's Republic of China...
. The major town is Phuentsholing which is the gateway city along the sole road which connects India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
to western Bhutan (cf. Lateral Road
Lateral Road
Bhutan's Lateral Road is its primary east-west corridor, connecting Phuentsholing in the southwest to Trashigang in the east. In between, the Lateral Road runs directly through Wangdue Phodrang, Trongsa, and other population centers...
). Chukha is the commercial and the financial capital of Bhutan. With Bhutan's oldest hydropower plant, Chukha hydel (completed in 1986-88), and Tala Hydroelectricity Project
Tala Hydroelectricity Project
Tala Hydroelectricity project is the biggest hydroelectric joint project between India and Bhutan so far, generating 4865 GWh/yr. Tala is located in Chukha Dzongkhag in western Bhutan, a small constitutional monarchy in the Himalayas. It is located on the Wongchu River and, and is at a height of...
, the country's largest power plant, Chukha is the dzongkhag
Dzongkhag
A dzongkhag is an administrative and judicial district of Bhutan. The twenty dzongkhags of Bhutan are further divided into 205 gewogs. Some larger dzongkhags have one or more of an intermediate judicial division, known as dungkhags , which themselves comprise two or more gewogs...
which contributes the most to the GDP of the country. Also located in Chukha district are some of the country's oldest industrial companies like the Bhutan Carbide Chemical Limited (BCCL) and the Bhutan Boards Products Limited (BBPL).
Languages
In Chukha, the main native languages are Dzongkha, the national language spoken by NgalopNgalop
The Ngalop are people of Tibetan origin who migrated to Bhutan as early as the ninth century. For this reason, they are often referred to in literature as "Bhote"...
people in the north, and Nepali
Nepali people
Nepali people can refer to:*People of Nepal*Ethnic Nepalis of Indian citizenry residing in Gorkhaland area of West Bengal, Sikkim, Assam, Meghalaya, Mizoram and other parts of India.* Indian Gorkhas*Lhotshampas of Bhutan.*Nepali diaspora the world over....
in the south. The Bhutanese Lhokpu language
Lhokpu language
Lhokpu, also Lhobikha or Taba-Damey-Bikha, is one of the autochthonous languages of Bhutan spoken by the Lhop people. It is spoken in southwestern Bhutan along the border of Samtse and Chukha Districts. Van Driem leaves it unclassified as a separate branch within the Tibeto-Burman language...
, spoken by the Lhop minority, is also present in the southwest along the border with Samtse District
Samtse District
Samtse District is one of the 20 dzongkhags comprising Bhutan.-History and culture:...
.
Geography
Chukha is divided into eleven gewogGewog
A gewog, or geog refers to a group of villages in Bhutan. Gewogs form a geographic administrative unit below dzongkhag districts , and above thromde municipalities. Bhutan comprises 205 gewogs, which average 230 km² in area...
s:
- Bjacho GewogBjacho GewogBjacho Gewog , also spelled Bjagchhog, is a gewog of Chukha District, Bhutan. The gewog has an area of 140 square kilometres and contains 4 villages; Bjachho, Tsimakha, Mebesa and Wangkha....
- Bongo GewogBongo GewogBongo Gewog is a gewog of Chukha District, Bhutan. The gewog is the largest in the district with an area of 396 square kilometres and contains 15 villages....
- Chapcha GewogChapcha GewogChapcha Gewog is a gewog of Chukha District, Bhutan. The gewog has an area of 112.6 square kilometres and contains 11 villages....
- Dala GewogDala GewogDala Gewog is a gewog of Chukha District, Bhutan. The gewog has an area of 139.7 square kilometres and contains 7 villages. Dala Gewog is part of Phuentsholing Dungkhag, along with Logchina and Phuentsholing Gewogs....
- Dungna GewogDungna GewogDungna Gewog is a gewog of Chukha District, Bhutan. The gewog has an area of 165.4 square kilometres and contains 9 villages....
- Geling GewogGeling GewogGeling Gewog is a gewog of Chukha District, Bhutan. The gewog has an area of 247 square kilometres and contains 11 villages....
- Getena GewogGetena GewogGetena Gewog is a gewog of Chukha District, Bhutan. The gewog has an area of 214 square kilometres and contains 7 villages and 118 households....
- Logchina GewogLogchina GewogLogchina Gewog is a gewog of Chukha District, Bhutan. The gewog has an area of 70.4 square kilometres and contains 12 villages. Logchina Gewog is part of Phuentsholing Dungkhag, along with Dala and Phuentsholing Gewogs....
- Metakha GewogMetakha GewogMetakha Gewog is a gewog of Chukha District, Bhutan. The gewog has an area of 100 square kilometres and contains six villages....
- Phuentsholing GewogPhuentsholing GewogPhuentsholing 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 and Logchina Gewogs....
- SamphelingSampheling GewogSampheling Gewog is a gewog of Chukha District, Bhutan....
Unlike most other districts, Chukha, along with Samtse
Samtse District
Samtse District is one of the 20 dzongkhags comprising Bhutan.-History and culture:...
, contain no protected areas of Bhutan. Although much of southern Bhutan contained protected areas in the 1960s, park-level environmental protection became untenable.
External links
- Official Dzhongkha profile with a map of gewogs
- Five year plan 2002-2007
- Travel diary from Phuentsholing
- Urban problems in Phuentsholing From RAO Online