Laya, Bhutan
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Laya, Bhutan is a town
in Laya Gewog
in Gasa District
in northwestern Bhutan
. It is inhabited by the indegenous Layap
people.
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 Laya Gewog
Laya Gewog
Laya Gewog is a gewog of Gasa District, Bhutan. The capital of gewog is the town Laya....
in Gasa District
Gasa District
Gasa District or Gasa Dzongkhag is one of the 20 dzongkhags comprising Bhutan. Its capital is Gasa Dzong near Gasa. It is located in the far north of the county and spans the Middle and High Himalayas. The dominant language of the district is Dzongkha, the national language...
in northwestern 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 inhabited by the indegenous Layap
Layap
The Layap are an indigenous people inhabiting the high mountains of northwest Bhutan in the village of Laya, in the Gasa District, at an altitude of , just below the Tsendagang peak. Layaps also live in northern Thimphu and Punakha Districts...
people.