Dangchu Weighed
| Dangchu Weighed | |
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| Basic data | |
| Country | Bhutan |
| District | Wangdue Phodrang |
| surface | 171 km² |
| Residents | 1299 (2005) |
| density | 7.6 inhabitants per km² |
| ISO 3166-2 | BT-24 |
Coordinates: 27 ° 36 ' N , 90 ° 12' E
Dangchu ( Dzongkha : དྭངས་ ཆུ་ ) is one of fifteen Gewogs (blocks) of the Wangdue Phodrang Dzongkhag in central Bhutan . Dangchu Gewog is in turn divided into five Chiwogs (constituencies). According to the 2005 census, 1299 people live in this weight on an area of 171 km² in 266 households in 16 villages or hamlets. The election commission lists a total of 24 named settlements in its list, including the smallest settlements.
The Gewog is centrally located in the Wangdue Phodrang district and extends over altitudes between 1540 and 4120 m and is 75% covered with forest. The population of Dangchu Gewog earned their livelihood mainly from agriculture and animal husbandry. Potatoes, rice, wheat and chilli are grown and milk, cheese and butter are produced.
In addition to the Gewog administration, state institutions have a basic health care center ( BHU, Basic Health Unit ) and three medical advice centers ( Outreach Clinic ) as well as an office for the development of renewable natural resources ( RNR, Renewable Natural Resource Center ). The schools in the Gewog include a primary school and, as a secondary school, a lower secondary school , which is attended by around 400 students.
There are a total of 16 Buddhist temples ( Lhakhangs ) in this Gewog , which are state, community or private property.
| Chiwog | Villages or hamlets |
|---|---|
| Tashidingkha Zimi བཀྲིས་ ལྡིང་ ཁ་ _ ཟི་ མི་ |
Bamed |
| Chhubarwog | |
| Chhubar Taagm | |
| Dogsena | |
| Zimi | |
| Doenchhoeling | |
| Selgona | |
| Tashidingkha | |
| Phuentshoggang | |
| Tashigang | |
| Godraang Taagsar གོ་ བྲང་ _ སྟག་ གསར་ |
Taagsar |
| Godraang | |
| Loom joog | |
| Drongmeed | |
| Tomla Tokaling ལྟོ་ ཀ་ གླིང་ _ སྟོམ་ ལ་ |
Gempang |
| Tocaling | |
| Tomla | |
| Uesagang གཨུས་ ས་ སྒང་ |
Gedra Goenpa |
| Paljorling | |
| Usagang | |
| Doongdoongnyelsa Norbooding དུང་ དུང་ ཉལ་ ས་ _ ནོར་བུ་ ལྡིང་ |
Norbooding |
| Rigoen | |
| Ridag Goenpa | |
| Rithangwog |
Web links
- Dangchu. Dzongkhag Administration Wangdue Phodrang, Bhutan, accessed February 25, 2017 .
- Chiwogs in Wangdue Phodrang. (PDF, 15.0 MB) Election Commission, Government of Bhutan , February 19, 2016, accessed on February 15, 2017 .
- Results of Population & Housing Census of Bhutan 2005. (PDF, 27.9 MB) Office of the Census Commissioner, 2006, p. 77 u. 432 , archived from the original on November 13, 2015 ; Retrieved on February 27, 2017 (English, ISBN 99936-688-0-X ).
- Data from the 2005 Census. www.statoids.com, accessed February 17, 2017 (English).