Laya Weighed
| Laya Weighed | |
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| Basic data | |
| Country | Bhutan |
| District | Gasa |
| surface | 1066 km² |
| Residents | 949 (2005) |
| density | 0.9 inhabitants per km² |
| ISO 3166-2 | BT-GA |
Coordinates: 28 ° 0 ' N , 89 ° 40' E
Laya ( Dzongkha : ལ་ ཡ་ ) is one of 4 Gewogs (blocks) of the Dzongkhags Gasa in northwestern Bhutan . Laya Gewog is in turn divided into 5 Chiwogs (constituencies). About 950 people (as of the 2005 census, more recent estimates assume 1200 people) live in this mass on an area of 1066 km² in 7 villages or hamlets in about 150 households.
In addition to the Gewog administration, there are two schools, a station for basic health care, an office for the development of renewable natural resources (Renewable Natural Resource Extension Center), a branch of the national telephone company Bhutan Telecom and a guard office of the Jigme- Dorji National Park .
Religious institutions are five Buddhist temples, Tashi Lhakhang (Dratshang), Lungo Lhakhang, Ngen zow Lhakhang, Jangchub Choling Lhakhang and Pazhi Lhakhang as well as the Dung Gonpa monastery.
| Chiwog | Villages or hamlets |
|---|---|
| Gayza Lunggo རྒྱལ་ ཟ་ _ ལུང་ སྒོ་ |
Gayza |
| Lungo | |
| Chongra Loobcha སྐྱོང་ ར་ _ ལུབ་ ལྕགས་ |
Chongra |
| Lubcha | |
| Neylug གནས་ ལུགས་ |
Neylug |
| Pazhi པ་ གཞི་ |
Pazhi |
| Toedkor སྟོད་ སྐོར་ |
Toedkor |
Web links
- Laya. Dzongkhag Administration Gasa, accessed February 18, 2017 .
- Chiwogs in Gasa. (PDF, 875 kB) Election Commission, Government of Bhutan , February 19, 2016, accessed on February 15, 2017 .
- Data from the 2005 Census. www.statoids.com, accessed February 17, 2017 (English).