Lhuntse (District)
Lhuntse District | |
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Basic data | |
Country | Bhutan |
Capital | Lhuntse |
surface | 2881 km² |
Residents | 16,354 (2012) |
density | 5.7 inhabitants per km² |
ISO 3166-2 | BT-44 |
Lhuntse Dzong |
Coordinates: 27 ° 42 ' N , 91 ° 0' E
Lhuntse ( ལྷུན་ རྩེ་ རྫོང་ ཁག་ ), formerly Lhuntshi , is one of 20 Dzongkhag (districts) of Bhutan . It has an area of 2881 km² and 16,354 inhabitants. It includes 2506 households. Located in the north-east of the country, Lhuntse is one of the least developed districts of Bhutan. The main town is called Lhuntse of the same name .
Lhuntse is divided into 8 Gewogs :
- Gang to Weighed
- Jaray Weighed
- Khoma Weighed
- Kurtoe Weighed
- Menbi Weighed
- Metsho Weighed
- Minjay Weighed
- Tsenkhar Weighed
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