Daga, Bhutan
Encyclopedia
Daga is a town
in Goshi Gewog
, Dagana District
in southwestern Bhutan
. It is the administrative capital (dzongkhag
thromde
) of the district.
In 2005, Daga had a population of 1,146.
Town
A town is a human settlement larger than a village but smaller than a city. The size a settlement must be in order to be called a "town" varies considerably in different parts of the world, so that, for example, many American "small towns" seem to British people to be no more than villages, while...
in Goshi Gewog
Goshi Gewog
Goshi Gewog is a gewog of Dagana District, Bhutan. It also comprises part of Dagapela Dungkhag , along with Dorona and Tashiding Gewogs....
, Dagana District
Dagana District
Dagana District is one of the 20 dzongkhag comprising Bhutan...
in southwestern 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...
. It is the administrative capital (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...
thromde
Thromde
A thromde is a third-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.-Thromde administration:Thromde...
) of the district.
In 2005, Daga had a population of 1,146.