Geney Weighed
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| Basic data | |
| Country | Bhutan |
| District | Thimphu |
| surface | 144 km² |
| Residents | 918 (2005) |
| density | 6.4 inhabitants per km² |
| ISO 3166-2 | BT-15 |
Coordinates: 27 ° 18 ' N , 89 ° 36' E
Geney ( Dzongkha : དགེ་ བསྙེན་ ) is one of eight Gewogs (blocks) of the Dzongkhag Thimphu in western Bhutan . Geney Gewog is in turn divided into five Chiwogs (constituencies). According to the 2005 census, 918 people live in this area, covering an area of 144 km². The Gewogs villages are widely scattered and mostly far from the feeder road to the main road between Thimphu and Phuentsholing .
The Gewog is located in the south of the Thimphu district and extends over altitudes between 2013 and 4533 m . It is located in the temperate climate zone. Summers are warm with heavy rainfall from June to August, while winters are cold. The population of Geney Gewog earned their livelihood mainly from agriculture and animal husbandry. Rice, wheat, barley and chilli are grown. Another source of income is the sale of wild Matsutake mushrooms.
There is a basic health care unit ( BHU ) and an advice center ( Outreach Clinic ) for medical care, as well as a primary school.
| Chiwog | Villages or hamlets |
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| Tshochhenkha Zamtog མཚོ་ ཆེན་ ཁ་ _ ཟམ་ ཏོག་ |
Tshochhenkha |
| Genyenkha དགེ་ བསྙེན་ ཁ་ |
Genyenkha |
| Wangbama ཝང་ བ་ མ་ |
Wangbama |
| Chizhi སྤྱི་ གཞི་ |
Chizhi Goenpa |
| Zhanglegkha ཟངས་ ལེགས་ ཁ་ |
Zhanglegkha |
Web links
- Geney Gewog. Dzongkhag Administration Thimphu, Bhutan, accessed March 1, 2017 .
- Chiwogs in Thimphu. (PDF, 5.6 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. 76 u. 431 , 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).